The multitasking preference inventory: Toward an improved measure of individual differences in polychronicity

Human Performance

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-264

  Poposki, Elizabeth M ^a   Oswald, Frederick L ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954645335     PISSN: 08959285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959285.2010.487843     Document Type: Article

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