2016/01/01 by Charlene M. Kalenkoski, Gigi Foster · 1 citation
Business, Management and Accounting · Engineering · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Cognitive psychology #Context (archaeology) #Everyday life #Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics #History #Human multitasking #Layperson #Political science #Psychology #Sharing Economy and Platforms #Transportation and Mobility Innovations
paper · doi:10.1057/9781137381446_1
openalex publication_date 2016/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
Multitasking is an inevitable part of everyday life. Perhaps it is most evident in the context of child care, where adults frequently look after children while also doing other things such as cooking or cleaning. Yet, far more broadly, most people in modern societies are engaged in simultaneous activities for a large fraction of their waking hours—the layperson’s definition of multitasking. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.