Maintaining focus in an open-plan office can be highly challenging, and there are many behaviours that can break a worker's concentration. To investigate this, a psychologist used a self-report questionnaire to find out which single factor employees find most distracting in their working environment. Below is a table displaying the data collected from the 400 participants who took part in the study.
Table: Number of responses in each category when participants were asked to identify the most distracting behaviour in their office
| Loud phone calls | Cluttered desks | Temperature too hot/cold | Gossip/Chatter | Constant emails | Slow computer systems | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male participants' responses | 32 | 28 | 44 | 36 | 40 | 20 |
| Female participants' responses | 48 | 12 | 36 | 52 | 24 | 28 |
Calculate the overall percentage of participants who reported 'Loud phone calls' as being the most distracting. Show your workings.
