Comments on: Gen X, not Gen Y, leads adoption of social technologies in workplace http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/gen-x-not-gen-y-leads-adoption-of-social-technologies-in-workplace/ A SearchCIO.com blog Sat, 11 May 2013 17:51:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ajbowles http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/gen-x-not-gen-y-leads-adoption-of-social-technologies-in-workplace/#comment-505 Ajbowles Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:13:45 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/?p=929#comment-505 I’m not sure of the methodology Forrester used, but it’s entirely possible that the younger workers have restricted access to social media at work. Is it a preference issue, or access? Or the nature of the work? The survey notes that the 14% usage is constant over age groups, so I’d assume that it is a policy rather than preference issue.

Interesting results from research sponsored by the Institute for Innovation and Information Productivity showed that younger workers (18-21) start with a cognitive advantage over those in the 35-39 bracket, but interruptions by email/txt impact them MORE than the same interruptions to the 35-39 year olds and erase the advantage. More research needed in this area.

see http://www.iii-p.org for information about that project – small sample, but fascinating finding

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