{
  "title": "Time management: do you have to look busy to gain recognition?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/gestion-du-temps-faut-il-paraitre-occupe-pour-etre-reconnu-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2025-06-23",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "A full calendar can signal valued status without demonstrating a useful contribution. This distinction directly concerns how managers assess priorities.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Time Management & Prioritisation",
  "place": {
    "name": "Lausanne",
    "region": "Vaud",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Silvia Bellezza, Neeru Paharia and Anat Keinan (2017, Journal of Consumer Research) show experimentally that a person described as very busy can be attributed higher status, notably because they appear competent and in demand."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Time pressure can also change what people notice",
      "point": "John M."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "It would be tempting to conclude that very busy people are trying to display their importance, or inevitably become less attentive to others."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot determine",
      "point": "These studies do not test a system for assessing priorities in a Lausanne organisation, nor do they show that changing the language used would improve performance."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Lausanne",
      "point": "As part of SHR — Swiss Human Resources' « Gestion du temps & priorisation » programme, a Lausanne team in medtech, higher education, international sport or a Lake Geneva region scale-up can test a weekly review that separates busyness from contribution."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Keinan",
      "year": "2017",
      "source": "Journal of Consumer Research"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Batson",
      "year": "1973",
      "source": "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 443,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-Training-Time-Management-Prioritisation-Lausanne-gestion-du-temps-faut-il-paraitre-occupe-pour-etre-reconnu-en.jpg?v=4",
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    "fr": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/gestion-du-temps-faut-il-paraitre-occupe-pour-etre-reconnu",
    "en": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/gestion-du-temps-faut-il-paraitre-occupe-pour-etre-reconnu-en",
    "de": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/gestion-du-temps-faut-il-paraitre-occupe-pour-etre-reconnu-de",
    "it": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/gestion-du-temps-faut-il-paraitre-occupe-pour-etre-reconnu-it"
  },
  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation-gestion-du-temps-lausanne",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/lausanne",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}