Measuring Polychronicity
Researchers have developed the following questionnaires to measure polychronicity:
- Inventory of Polychronic Values (IPV), developed by Bluedorn et al. (1997) which is a 10-item scale designed to assess "the extent to which people in a culture prefer to be engaged in two or more tasks or events simultaneously and believe their preference is the best way to do things."
- Polychronic Attitude Index (PAI), developed by Kaufman-Scarborough & Lindquist in 1991, which is a 4-item scale measuring individual preference for polychronicity, in the following statements:
- "I do not like to juggle several activities at the same time".
- "People should not try to do many things at once".
- "When I sit down at my desk, I work on one project at a time".
- "I am comfortable doing several things at the same time".
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