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Investigating the Impact of Sleep Quality on Workplace Productivity: An Analysis of Influencing Factors and Improvement Strategies
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Abstract
In today’s fast-paced business environment, improving productivity is the key focus of organizations in many industries, and sleep is one of the factors which may significantly productivity. This paper aims at exploring the relationship between sleep and productivity, as well as the factors that are considered influential to individuals’ sleep quality. Factors that are considered influential to sleep quality can generally be categorized into four categories: environmental, physical, psychological, and behavioral. These factors have been proven to have influences on sleep, which in turn would have influences on workplace productivity. With employees who consistently have low-quality sleep are likely to be negatively impacted on multiple aspects, including cognitively, psychologically, and physically. These negative impacts that poor sleep have on individuals are not only damaging to their own health but would also decrease their productivity at the workplace as employees. This paper also discusses the methods that can be used by both employers and employees which could help improve employees’ sleep quality, as it is crucial to workplace productivity.
Keywords
Sleep quality, workplace productivity, stress management
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Xu,Y. (2024). Investigating the Impact of Sleep Quality on Workplace Productivity: An Analysis of Influencing Factors and Improvement Strategies. Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences,113,61-68.
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