{
  "title": "Time management: how much time should information search receive?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/gestion-du-temps-combien-de-temps-consacrer-a-la-recherche-information-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-03-21",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Searching further can improve a decision, but it also takes time. Research invites us to examine what additional information is likely to change.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Time Management & Prioritisation",
  "place": {
    "name": "Fribourg",
    "region": "Fribourg",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "George J."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Effort also depends on how the search is conducted",
      "point": "John W."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that every search simply needs a time limit."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot prescribe",
      "point": "The economic search model and experimental choice situations do not reproduce the full complexity of an industrial purchase or a university partnership."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Fribourg",
      "point": "Within SHR’s “[Time Management & Prioritisation](/formation/gestion-du-temps/fribourg)” programme, one possible exercise is to track additional searches for comparable decisions over two weeks: food-sector purchasing, supplier consultations in French and German in industry, or service-provider selection within Fribourg’s university hub."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Stigler",
      "year": "1961",
      "source": "Journal of Political Economy"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Johnson",
      "year": "1988",
      "source": "Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 391,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-editorial-2026-03-21-en.jpg?v=4",
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    "en": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/gestion-du-temps-combien-de-temps-consacrer-a-la-recherche-information-en",
    "de": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/gestion-du-temps-combien-de-temps-consacrer-a-la-recherche-information-de",
    "it": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/gestion-du-temps-combien-de-temps-consacrer-a-la-recherche-information-it"
  },
  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation/gestion-du-temps/fribourg",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/fribourg",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}