The effects of interruptions in work activity: Field and laboratory results

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 537-543

  Eyrolle, Hélène ^a   Cellier, Jean Marie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Interference; Interruptions; Time sharing; Work activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY; MANAGEMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; WORK;

EID: 0034308336     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(00)00019-3     Document Type: Article

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