Task Selection and Workload: A Focus on Completing Easy Tasks Hurts Performance

• Diwas S. KC

  Diwas S. KC

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  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4358-2058

  Goizueta Business School, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322;

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• Bradley R. Staats

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  Bradley R. Staats

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  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2674-5831

  Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599;

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• Maryam Kouchaki

  Maryam Kouchaki

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  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-5134

  Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208;

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• Francesca Gino

  Francesca Gino

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  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9794-482X

  Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts 02163

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