Pardon the Interruption: An Integrative Review and Future Research Agenda for Research on Work Interruptions
Puranik, Koopman and Vough note that work interruptions are everywhere in modern workplaces, but research on them is scattered across disciplines and inconsistent in how interruptions are defined and studied, which limits generalisability and knowledge development. They present an integrative review of research on work interruptions based on an analysis of two hundred and forty-seven publications, and set out a future research agenda.
Puranik, Koopman and Vough note that work interruptions are everywhere in modern workplaces, but research on them is scattered across disciplines and inconsistent in how interruptions are defined and studied, which limits generalisability and knowledge development. They present an integrative review of research on work interruptions based on an analysis of two hundred and forty-seven publications, and set out a future research agenda.
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Puranik, H., Koopman, J., & Vough, H. C. (2020). Pardon the Interruption: An Integrative Review and Future Research Agenda for Research on Work Interruptions. Journal of Management, 46(6), 806-842. doi:10.1177/0149206319887428