if music be the food of love, play on," wrote Shake That good rule for life in general, but what about might be a in the workplace? In a recent survey 77% of busin in the UK said that playing music increased staff morale and also improved the working atmosphere. Today, rules about listening to music at work are changing, in a world where nearly everyone has a smartphone or an mp3 player a employees can choose their own private playlists However many managers are still unhappy about the idea of members of their team listening to music, using headphones a their desks and being cut off from their colleagues. For those who do listen to music at work, another debate centres around the type of music workers should listen to in order to increase their productivity. A summary of recent research from Taiwan shows while some background music can increase worker satisfaction and productivity, music with lyrics can have a negative effect on concentration and attention. The study concluded that music without lyrics is preferable, as listening to songs with words is likely to reduce worker attention and performance