{
  "title": "Prioritisation: why unappealing tasks remain on hold",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prioriser-pourquoi-les-taches-rebutantes-restent-en-attente-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-06-17",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "An acknowledged priority can remain untouched for a long time. Research on procrastination suggests examining what makes the work aversive, rather than blaming diary management alone.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Time Management & Prioritisation",
  "place": {
    "name": "Lausanne",
    "region": "Vaud",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "In a meta-analysis, Piers Steel (2007, Psychological Bulletin) identifies task aversiveness as one of the factors consistently associated with procrastination."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Immediate relief, delayed costs",
      "point": "Dianne M."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that managers should simply require the least pleasant tasks to be done first thing in the morning."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the data and diaries do not reveal",
      "point": "The meta-analysis brings together heterogeneous studies, largely based on associations, while the longitudinal study concerns an academic setting rather than professional teams."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Lausanne",
      "point": "In a Lausanne medtech team, a higher education institution, an international sports organisation or a Lake Geneva region scale-up, SHR’s time management and prioritisation programme can include a four-week test without artificially delaying regulatory or critical obligations."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Steel",
      "year": "2007",
      "source": "Psychological Bulletin"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Baumeister",
      "year": "1997",
      "source": "Psychological Science"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 459,
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  "relatedPages": {
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    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/lausanne",
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  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}