The effects of polychronic-orientation upon retail employee satisfaction and turnover

By Aaron D. Arndt, Todd J. Arnold, Tim Landry. 2006

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Understanding the influence of polychronicity on job satisfaction and turnover intention: a study of non-supervisory hotel employees. (2012, background): “Polychronic time use has broadened into two discrete forms: (1) multi-tasking; and (2) task-switching (Bluedorn et al., 1999; Arndt et al., 2006).”
A Conceptual Typology of Multitasking Behavior and Polychronicity Preferences (2012, background): “…of friends may be present.28 Thus, which activity is the main one is a critical piece of information to elic- 27 For example, as mentioned in the Introduction, Arndt et al. (2006) exclude “task-switching” from the con- cept of “multi-tasking”, restricting the latter to mean “simultaneous-tasking”.”
Time for Reflection: A Critical Examination of Polychronicity (2010, background): “Lee, Tan, & Hameed, 2005 ; Switzerland: Konig et al, 2005 ; United States: eg, Bluedorn, 2002 ), who have lauded polychronicity as a key individual difference for performance in contemporary organizations—for example, as an “important employee trait that has specific and clear relevance to the ecl”