A meta-analysis of the relationship between music listening and employees’ job performance

As a common phenomenon in the workplace, the relationship between music listening and employees’ job performance has been widely concerned. However, the effect sizes of this relatinship reported in the existing literature were far from consistent, with r values ranging from –0.16 to 0.82. Therefore, this meta-analysis was conducted to clarify the strength of the relationship between music listening and employees’ job performance, while exploring possible mediators and moderators.