Cai, RA;
Guinote, A;
(2017)
Doing many things at a time: Lack of power decreases the ability to multitask.
British Journal of Social Psychology
, 56
(3)
pp. 475-492.
10.1111/bjso.12190.
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Abstract
Three studies investigated the effects of power on the ability to pursue multiple, concomitant goals, also known as multitasking. It was predicted that powerless participants will show lower multitasking ability than control and powerful participants. Study 1 focused on self-reported ability to multitask in a sample of executives and subordinate employees. Studies 2 and 3 investigated the ability to dual-task and to switch between tasks, respectively, using dual-task and task-switching paradigms. Across the studies, powerless individuals were less able to effectively multitask compared with control and powerful participants, suggesting that the detrimental effects of lack of power extend beyond single-task environments, shown in past research, into multitasking environments. Underlying mechanisms are discussed.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Doing many things at a time: Lack of power decreases the ability to multitask |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/bjso.12190 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12190 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2017 The British Psychological Society. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Cai, RA; Guinote, A; (2017) Doing many things at a time: Lack of power decreases the ability to multitask. British Journal of Social Psychology, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12190. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
| Keywords: | Dual-tasking, goal pursuit, multitasking, power, task-switching |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Experimental Psychology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1539840 |
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