Getting Things Done: The Science behind Stress-Free Productivity

Long Range Planning

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 585-605

  Heylighen, Francis ^a   Vidal, Clément ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROCESSES; COGNITIVE SCIENCES; COLLABORATIVE WORKS; DISTRIBUTED COGNITIONS; EXTERNAL MEMORIES; INFORMATION OVERLOADS; PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITIES; REAL WORLDS; STIGMERGY;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT;

COGNITION; INFORMATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 56549104321     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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