资料：It'salmostconsideredsacrilegioustodaytoleaveworkattheendofyourworkdayor(forshamel)onaFridayandsimplynotcheckyouremailuntilyoureturntheofficeduringnormalworkinghours. Theconstantneedtocheckemailisthetrade-offthemodernworkforcehasmadefortheabilitytoworkanytime,anywhere,thankstosmartphonesandtabletsthatkeepusalwaysconnected. Butthreeuniversityresearchershavefoundthatit'snotjustdoingabitofworkafterhoursthatcauseburnout.Thetrueculpritisactuallytheconstantworryingaboutoff-houremail. Anewstudy"ExhaustedButUnabletoDisconnect."byLehighUniversity'sLiubaBelkin,VirginiaTech’sWilliamBeckerandColoradoStateUniversity'sSamanthaConroyshowsthatemployeesaregrowingexhaustedbytheexpectationthattheywillalwaysbeavailable,neverknowingwhatkindofworkrequestswillaskedofthemoffhours. Typically,companiesdon'tmeantostressemployeesoutlikethat.Mostcompaniesdon'thaveformalpoliciesthatsaypeoplemustanswerworkemailsafter-hours.(expect,perhaps,incaseswhereanemployeeisoncallduringspecifictimes). Butpoliciesandculturetendtobetwodifferentthings.Ifsupervisorsroutinelyemailemployeeafterhoursandexpectafastresponse(oftenbecausetheirsupervisorsaredoingthesametothem),thenthemessageisclear:wheneverthebossemails,theemployeeisexpectedtobeavailable. Thesolutionisforbossestotellemployeesthatanafter-hoursemaildoesn'tnecessarilyrequirearesponsebeforethenextworkday,andtoalsosetsometimeswhenafter-hoursemailingisconsideredacceptableandprohibited,suchasnoemailsviathedinnerhour,onweekends,orafter10p.m,theresearcherssay. Whatisthispassagemainlyabout?
A.Bosses push employees to work by sending emails anytime. B.Employees are exhausted by the constant need to check emails. C.Companies mean to stress the workers out by sending emails. D.None of above.正确答案B
