Bored mondays and focused afternoons: The rhythm of attention and online activity in the workplace

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 3025-3034

  Mark, Gloria ^a   Iqbal, Shamsi T ^b   Czerwinski, Mary ^b   Johns, Paul ^b  

^a 5226 Donald Bren Hall   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Computer logging; Empirical study; Engagement; Experience sampling; Focus; Multi tasking; Workplace

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; FOCUSING;

ATTENTION; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENGAGEMENT; EXPERIENCE SAMPLING; WORKPLACE;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 84900417211     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2556288.2557204     Document Type: Conference Paper

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