On the psychology of time in action: Regulatory mode orientations and procrastination.

• DOI: 10.1037/a0025943
• Publication Date: 2011-11-21T13:13:35Z
• Authors: Antonio Pierro; Mauro Giacomantonio; Gennaro Pica; Arie W. Kruglanski; E. Tory Higgins
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Motivation; 05 social sciences; Time Management; Achievement; Young Adult; Italy; Humans; Female; 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences; Longitudinal Studies; assessment; locomotion; procrastination; punctuality; timeliness; Students; Goals

Six studies explored the relations of the regulatory modes of locomotion and assessment to individuals' tendency toward procrastination. Across academic and organizational contexts, and a variety of ways of assessing procrastination, the authors found assessment to be positively related to procrastination and locomotion to be negatively related to procrastination. Discussion considered implications of these findings to task environments that may instill the tendencies toward locomotion or assessment and to task requirements where timeliness and punctuality are (or are not) prioritized.