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Time pressure, user satisfaction and task difficulty

In this paper, we explore the question of whether or not perceived time pressure and task difficulty are predictors of users' satisfaction with their search strategies. We conducted a crowd-sourced user study in which 269 participants completed a total of 600 information-seeking tasks. Based on self-reported data gathered from post-task questionnaires, we found that both perceived time pressure and task difficulty were significant predictors of satisfaction with search strategy. No interaction effect was found. This exploratory analysis suggests that time pressure can influence search processes and is a dimension that should be investigated in more depth. We propose future research to investigate the impact of time pressure on other contextual factors and search outcome measures.