2307: Music at Work: A Research Ensemble on Music and Performance (10717)

Organizer(s)

• OG

  Oguz Gencay

  U. of Maryland R.H. Smith School of Business, United States
• MG

  Manuel Gonzalez

  Montclair State U., United States

Presenter(s)

• HP

  Harshad Puranik

  U. of Illinois at Chicago, United States
• MG

  Manuel Gonzalez

  Montclair State U., United States
• OG

  Oguz Gencay

  U. of Maryland R.H. Smith School of Business, United States
• KL

  Karen Landay

  U. of North Texas, United States

Discussant(s)

• KK

  Kathleen Keeler

  Ohio State U., United States

Listening to music while working is ubiquitous in contemporary organizations. While employees report enjoying listening to music and working better with it, the extant literature offers contradictory evidence that music can have positive, negative, or no effects on performance. In other words, the relationship between music and performance is complex and complicated. This symposium seeks to bring clarity to this relationship by introducing four recent scholarly works on the relationship between music and performance. Specifically, this symposium asks one big question: When, why, and how does music affect employee performance? Four presenters seek to bring clarity to this question using various methods (e.g., experimental, ESM, meta-analytical), and considering aspects of the person (e.g., personality, depletion levels), the music (e.g., volume, complexity, familiarity), the task (e.g., simplicity/complexity), and the broader work environment (e.g., person-environment fit). The symposium will conclude with a discussion that highlights opportunities for integration and new directions for future research and seeks to stimulate conversations among the audience.

Presentations:

• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2307: Effects of daily workplace background music need-supply (mis)fit on employees (10717)
  

  Author: Kathleen Keeler – Ohio State U.

  Author: Harshad Girish Puranik – U. of Illinois at Chicago

  Author: Jingfeng Yin – U. of Illinois at Chicago

  Author: Yue Wang – U. of Illinois at Chicago
• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2307: Not so simple: How music affects simple task performance (10717)
  

  Author: Manuel F. Gonzalez – Montclair State U.

  Author: John R. Aiello – Rutgers U.
• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2307: Is music your mind’s friend? Familiar (vs. unfamiliar) music, depletion, and task performance (10717)
  

  Author: Oguz Gencay – U. of Maryland R.H. Smith School of Business

  Author: Trevor Foulk – U. of Maryland
• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2307: “Play that funky music”: A meta-analysis of music listening and work performance (10717)
  

  Author: Kathleen Keeler – Ohio State U.

  Author: Karen Landay – U. of North Texas

  Author: Kameron Carter – Old Dominion U.

  Author: You Zhou – U. of Minnesota