The summer vacation season for Utahns and others nationwide is winding down, but that doesn't necessarily mean that people have spent a lot of time away from work.

As a Scripps Howard News Service story from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Page M10 explains, many Americans are taking more of their work with them when they're supposed to be getting away from the office. Some check in with their offices or tote their work laptops, BlackBerrys or cell phones with them.

That technology is partly to blame, according to one CEO, because it "creates expectations" that workers should keep in touch because it's so easy to do.

Some workers fear that they may lose favor, others think they're irreplaceable and still others simply do not want to be completely out of touch.

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But, according to Anne Houlihan, president of Golden Key Leadership, a Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., executive training firm, for the employees, "there's no positive long-term effect whatsoever."

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