DE781
2003-09-16 19:33:12 UTC
"In the UK, 65 percent of the 204 respondents said they use IM for
personal purposes during work hours, the survey said.
Half the UK respondents admitted to peppering their IMs with abusive
language; 40 percent used IM to conspire on colleagues during
conference calls and nearly one-third confessed to "making sexual
advances" in the easily disguised dialogue box.
U.S. users more tame
U.S. respondents, meanwhile, gave more tame accounts of their IM
usage. For example, less than one in five American survey participants
said they used IM to comment on senior management or to flirt.
One explanation for the disparity is the Big Brother notion. Nearly 60
percent of British respondents did not believe or were unsure whether
their IM conversations could be monitored by their employer while 71
percent of US respondents believed -- correctly -- that IM messages
could be traced."
Stupid Brits!
personal purposes during work hours, the survey said.
Half the UK respondents admitted to peppering their IMs with abusive
language; 40 percent used IM to conspire on colleagues during
conference calls and nearly one-third confessed to "making sexual
advances" in the easily disguised dialogue box.
U.S. users more tame
U.S. respondents, meanwhile, gave more tame accounts of their IM
usage. For example, less than one in five American survey participants
said they used IM to comment on senior management or to flirt.
One explanation for the disparity is the Big Brother notion. Nearly 60
percent of British respondents did not believe or were unsure whether
their IM conversations could be monitored by their employer while 71
percent of US respondents believed -- correctly -- that IM messages
could be traced."
Stupid Brits!