@inproceedings{3a6d1d6612b84af6bbcb779ed0970ec9,
title = "Focused Time Saves Nine: Evaluating Computer-Assisted Protected Time for Hybrid Information Work",
abstract = "Information workers often struggle to balance their time for a variety of activities like focused work, communication, and caring. This study analyzes the impact of a commercially available computer-assisted time protection intervention that automatically and preemptively schedules calendar time for self-determined activities. We analyzed the behaviors and self-reports of workers in two naturalistic studies. First, we studied 27 workers who were already using Computer-Assisted Protected Time (CAP time) and found that they mainly used it for focused work. Second, we analyzed the effect of CAP time as a randomized intervention on 89 workers who never had CAP time and found that those with it self-reported an increase in performance, job resources, and immersion. In both studies, workers with CAP time exhibited a rearrangement of activities leading to an overall reduction in work activity. This study highlights new opportunities for intelligent time-management interventions and the importance of protected time at work.",
keywords = "behavioral intervention, future of work, information work, time-management",
author = "{Das Swain}, Vedant and Javier Hernandez and Brian Houck and Koustuv Saha and Jina Suh and Ahad Chaudhry and Tenny Cho and Wendy Guo and Shamsi Iqbal and Czerwinski, {Mary P.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 Owner/Author.; 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2023 ; Conference date: 23-04-2023 Through 28-04-2023",
year = "2023",
month = apr,
day = "19",
doi = "10.1145/3544548.3581326",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
booktitle = "CHI 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems",
address = "United States",
}