Self-interruptions in discretionary multitasking

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1441-1449

  Adler, Rachel F ^a   Benbunan Fich, Raquel ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow; Interruptions; Multitasking; Performance; Self interruptions

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; FLOW; GOAL ATTAINMENT; INTERRUPTIONS; MULTITASKING ENVIRONMENTS; PERFORMANCE; POSITIVE FEELINGS; SELF-INTERRUPTIONS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

MULTITASKING;

EID: 84874822836     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.01.040     Document Type: Article

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