Tasks Interrupted: How Anticipating Time Pressure on Resumption of an Interrupted Task Causes Attention Residue and Low Performance on Interrupting Tasks and How a "Ready-to-Resume" Plan Mitigates the
Sophie Leroy and Theresa Glomb report four studies. When people expected to resume an interrupted task under time pressure, they found it harder to give attention to the task that had interrupted them, which produced attention residue and weaker performance on it. A ready-to-resume plan, a brief reflection on and plan for returning to the interrupted task, reduced the residue, and performance on the interrupting task did not suffer.
Sophie Leroy and Theresa Glomb report four studies. When people expected to resume an interrupted task under time pressure, they found it harder to give attention to the task that had interrupted them, which produced attention residue and weaker performance on it. A ready-to-resume plan, a brief reflection on and plan for returning to the interrupted task, reduced the residue, and performance on the interrupting task did not suffer.
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Leroy, S., & Glomb, T. M. (2018). Tasks Interrupted: How Anticipating Time Pressure on Resumption of an Interrupted Task Causes Attention Residue and Low Performance on Interrupting Tasks and How a Ready-to-Resume Plan Mitigates the Effects. Organization Science, 29(3), 380-397. doi:10.1287/orsc.2017.1184.