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Coffee in the workplace: a social break or a performance enhancer?

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Coffee is a socially rooted drink with pharmacological properties. It is embedded in different everyday rituals, including ‘coffee breaks’ during working hours. This paper analyzes the role of coffee in the workplace. Focusing on three professional areas associated with high pressure and responsive demands, we explore the social expression of coffee use at work, and how it is mobilized as a tool for managing sleepiness, fatigue, stress, and concentration problems, amongst other work-related issues.

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“Medicines and dietary supplements in performance consumptions: social practices, contexts and literacy” (Project FCT_PTDC/SOCSOC/30734/2017).

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Coffee Caffeine Workplace Performance management

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Rodrigues CF, Raposo H, Pegado E, Fernandes AI. Coffee in the workplace: a social break or a performance enhancer? Med Sci Forum. 2021;5(1):44.

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