Long TextExercise 60 of 74

The modern workplace celebrates multitasking as though it were a virtue. Job advertisements routinely list the ability to juggle multiple responsibilities as a desirable qualification, and employees who appear to handle several tasks simultaneously are often perceived as more productive and more committed than their…

• What does the writer say about how multitasking is perceived in the workplace?
• What did the University of Michigan research reveal about task-switching?