{
  "title": "Prioritisation: why do we accept distant commitments too readily?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prioriser-avant-accepter-engagement-futur-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-06-21",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "A commitment often appears less costly when it lies in the distant future. Research suggests examining that presumed availability before filling calendars.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Time Management & Prioritisation",
  "place": {
    "name": "Lugano",
    "region": "Tessin",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Gal Zauberman and John G."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Distance makes desirability more salient than practical conditions",
      "point": "Nira Liberman and Yaacov Trope (1998, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology) show that desirability weighs more heavily in distant decisions, whereas feasibility carries greater weight in near-term decisions."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that managers should turn down more distant requests or postpone committing."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot determine",
      "point": "These experiments establish neither an optimal calendar occupancy rate nor a universal amount of time to keep in reserve."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Lugano",
      "point": "Within SHR's time management and prioritisation programme, one possible exercise is to track, for one month, new commitments accepted for the following month in a bank, a fashion or trading company, or an Italian-speaking family SME in Lugano."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Trope",
      "year": "1998",
      "source": "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 461,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-editorial-2026-06-21-en.jpg?v=4",
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    "en": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prioriser-avant-accepter-engagement-futur-en",
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    "it": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prioriser-avant-accepter-engagement-futur-it"
  },
  "relatedPages": {
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    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/lugano",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}