forced, even though participants were advised to give both tasks equal priority is somewhat contradictory. Not to mention giving priority to personal tasks, such as messaging, is not indicative of most real life situations. In fact, giving priority to anything of a personal nature in an office setting is frequently discouraged (Katidioti & Taatgen, 2014).
In 2013, Nijboer, Taatgen, Brands, Borst, & van Rijn, conducted a similar experiment to that of Borst et al. in 2010. However, they specifically targeted how people adapt to multitasking, asking whether they could automatically make, or learn to make better choices in the activities that they chose to engage in simultaneously. Their three experiments were conducted on three different sets …show more content…
Real-life settings are more often a dynamic mixture of both conditions. This experiment will seek a more natural observatory setting of real people in jobs that include both types of multitasking on a regular basis in a real-life environment. Small non-profit or not-for-profit offices offer possibility for longer-term observational study of multitasking involving varied workload …show more content…
Administrators in these positions vary widely in age, gender, skill sets and educational background. For smaller, financially constrained HBAs, these executives are often the only staff members and are tasked with all aspects of running the associations with only occasional assistance from volunteer members. This provides a selection of subjects who consistently find themselves in multitasking situations. Common primary tasks for these executives include meeting preparation, event coordination, accounting responsibilities, and article writing for local newspapers and member information, most of which take place using standard office and computer equipment. Common interruptions include office visitors ranging in needs from contractor referrals to event registration, to member services, as well as phone calls for information regarding the same. The goal of this study will be to provide extensive data on how performance is affected in both forced and chosen multitasking situations as they occur in daily real-life situations. HBA executives provide a multi-faceted arena for study of multitasking and cognitive implications that can be studied extensively in the experiment that
In 2013, Nijboer, Taatgen, Brands, Borst, & van Rijn, conducted a similar experiment to that of Borst et al. in 2010. However, they specifically targeted how people adapt to multitasking, asking whether they could automatically make, or learn to make better choices in the activities that they chose to engage in simultaneously. Their three experiments were conducted on three different sets …show more content…
Real-life settings are more often a dynamic mixture of both conditions. This experiment will seek a more natural observatory setting of real people in jobs that include both types of multitasking on a regular basis in a real-life environment. Small non-profit or not-for-profit offices offer possibility for longer-term observational study of multitasking involving varied workload …show more content…
Administrators in these positions vary widely in age, gender, skill sets and educational background. For smaller, financially constrained HBAs, these executives are often the only staff members and are tasked with all aspects of running the associations with only occasional assistance from volunteer members. This provides a selection of subjects who consistently find themselves in multitasking situations. Common primary tasks for these executives include meeting preparation, event coordination, accounting responsibilities, and article writing for local newspapers and member information, most of which take place using standard office and computer equipment. Common interruptions include office visitors ranging in needs from contractor referrals to event registration, to member services, as well as phone calls for information regarding the same. The goal of this study will be to provide extensive data on how performance is affected in both forced and chosen multitasking situations as they occur in daily real-life situations. HBA executives provide a multi-faceted arena for study of multitasking and cognitive implications that can be studied extensively in the experiment that