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Reports an error in "Rainmakers: Why Bad Weather Means Good Productivity� by Jooa Julia Lee, Francesca Gino, and Bradley R. Staats in the last paragraph. The sentence �Although weather conditions are exogenous and uncontrollable, to tap into the effects of bad weather on productivity, organizations could assign more clerical work of the type that does not require sustained attention but does allow for more flexible thinking on rainy days than sunny days� should have read... �to tap into the effects of bad weather on productivity, organizations could assign more clerical work of the type that requires sustained attention on rainy days, and more creative work that allows for more flexible thinking on sunny days.� (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2014-01192-001). People believe that weather conditions influence their everyday work life, but to date, little is known about how weather affects individual productivity. Contrary to conventional wisdom, we predict and find that bad weather increases individual productivity and that it does so by eliminating potential cognitive distractions resulting from good weather. When the weather is bad, individuals appear to focus more on their work than on alternate outdoor activities. We investigate the proposed relationship between worse weather and higher productivity through 4 studies: (a) field data on employees� productivity from a bank in Japan, (b) 2 studies from an online labor market in the United States, and (c) a laboratory experiment. Our findings suggest that worker productivity is higher on bad-, rather than good-, weather days and that cognitive distractions associated with good weather may explain the relationship. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved)
