Subsequent studies suggest that new communications technologies create distractions that may actually decrease productivity.

Not only is workplace noise pollution distracting, management consultants say, it also decreases productivity and increases worker dissatisfaction.

The temporal change in activities of the infected individual leads to decrease productivity and visual function.

Companies have awakened to the potential dangers of bingeing: health threats, decreased productivity and, with more women working, the risk of sexual harassment.

We should help the president today to shorten the time of this transition that is decreasing our efficiency and productivity.

A climate deterioration in the 14th century may have increased the demand for winter fodder and at the same time decreased productivity of hay meadows.

And if the care isn't keeping them healthy, you'll see absenteeism, decreased productivity.

A shift of climatological conditions decreased agricultural productivity and contributed to an increase in epidemics within the population.

Fear, injury, stress and illness are all direct results of crime and can lead to absenteeism, decreased productivity and higher staff turnover.

In addition, hookworm has been associated with impaired learning, increased absences from school, and decreased future economic productivity [18].