<dc:title>Solar-Silico-Saline Therapy: Fad or Fantasy?</dc:title>
<dc:type>In press</dc:type>
<dc:creator>Treloar, Andrew</dc:creator>
<dc:date>Start 2004-12-23</dc:date>
<dc:date>End 2005-1-23</dc:date>
<dc:subject>ASRC 350201: Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services/
Business and Management/Human Resources Management</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>ASRC 350504: Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services/Tourism/Tourism
Behaviour</dc:subject>
<dc:description>This paper describes a single-subject experiment involving
a 180-degree work-life balance repolarisation, coupled with a
zero-tolerance approach to the use of any form of information
technology [1]. The research project builds on earlier research
reported in [2]. The subject initially experienced feelings of loss of
purpose, coupled with an ongoing desire to see if any new emails had
arrived in the last minute, and what the latest slashdot (http://slashdot.org/)
posting was about.
After repeated courses of integrated solar-silico-saline
therapy these symptoms diminished markedly. A side-effect, the
desirability of which should perhaps be viewed as highly context and
task-specific, was a reduced sense of the passage of time, or even of
the importance of such passage. On return to work, it is believed that
the subject will experience greater motivation, increased clarity of
thought, and a better perspective on how to proactively manage an
increasingly complex task portfolio. In addition, it is hoped that the
subject will be more fun to work with. Due to the limited sample size,
and the restricted experiment duration, more research will be required
as a matter of urgency to validate these findings.</dc:description>
<dc:references>
1. Treloar, D. (2004). "Technology tough love - how I got my husband to
go
computer cold turkey", J. App. Spousal Mgt, Vol
32, Spring.
2. Treloar, A. (2003). "Sun, sand and surf - an innovative new treatment
regime delivers real relaxed results", Int. J. Wellness, Vol 99, No 1
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