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Polychronicity and Online Meetings
Type of Presentation
Roundtable Discussion (45 minutes)
Session Abstract
Multi-tasking, also called Polychronicity, refers to the tendency of some people to work on multiple activities at one time. This tendency can affect the effectiveness of individuals participating in meetings.
Target Audience
This roundtable would be appropriate for teachers, trainers, or managers who are interested in whether the adult learners in their learning organizations are sacrificing effectiveness and productivity because of their attempts to multitask. Human resource professionals and other business professionals interested in understanding best practices for engaging co-workers in meetings may also find the roundtable beneficial. Finally, researchers who are interested in future investigations of polychronicity and online meetings may benefit or develop research collaborations while attending this roundtable presentation.
Learning Outcomes
Following this session, learners will be able to identify polychronic traits in individuals and their preferences for online or face-to-face meetings. The attendees will be able to explain perceptions about time in the context of poly/monochronicity. Additionally, learners will examine the timeliness benefits of multi-tasking as well as overload risks with multi-tasking. Finally, learners will be able to use the instrument to identify traits in successful workers wherein the instrument could then be used as a screening tool during the application process.
Session Description
Students and workers often pride themselves on their ability to multitask -- but does their perceived efficiency reduce their effectiveness? This session will share recent research related to polychronicity/monochronicity and the use of online meetings in the workplace. Actual data collected from a survey of 45 project managers and engineers at a large corporation who actively engage in multiple daily online meetings. This exploratory research used the Polychronic-Monochronic Tendency Scale (PTMS). Results will be used to guide future research that proposes to use screen capture software to record participants' behavior during online meetings or training. This research stream can have an impact on effectiveness and efficiency of adult learners in educational or business training settings. Teachers, trainers, and managers may be able to incorporate data-driven best practices in their adult learning contexts.
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Thursday November 7