Procrastinate Manuscript Next Week, Can't I? The Task Characteristics Behind Why Faculty JME I Can Start That (original) (raw)

2014

Abstract

Procrastination can be a crucial factor inhibiting facultysuccess. Many important tasks, especially publications forpromotion or tenure, are typically associated with deadlinesthat are far in the future. As a result, time management skillscan make or break the success of new faculty. This studyexamines task characteristics of procrastination in facultywork. It extends work by Paden and Stell and Ackerman andGross to the context of procrastination by faculty members.An online survey asked respondents to recall important proj-ects they had recently completed. The results suggest thattask characteristics influencing procrastination in startingand in completing tasks and projects are quite different. Awider variety of factors affected faculty member procrasti-nation in completing tasks and projects than in startingthem. These included departmental norms, competing dead-line pressures, perceived difficulty of the task or project inquestion, and clarity about how to proceed.

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