The contribution of employee consideration of future consequences and cultural values on work procrastination

• Main Authors: Throop, Nolan, Yosof, Rasyad
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för psykologi (PSY) 2021
• Subjects: consideration of future consequences; cultural values; cross cultural research; action identification; work procrastination; Applied Psychology; Tillämpad psykologi
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-104914

The present study looks into examining if an employee’s consideration of future consequences or cultural values better predict their procrastination at work. A total of 253 participants from various parts of the globe were examined via an online survey utilizing the Considerations of Future Consequences Scale (Strathman et al., 2013), Behavior Identification Form (Vallacher & Wegner, 1989), CVScale for cultural values (Yoo et al., 2011), and Irrational Procrastination Scale (Steel, 2010). Work procrastination was found to be negatively correlated to consideration of future consequences, where those with higher levels of consideration of future consequences were found to have lower levels of work procrastination. In addition, more abstract or high-level personal agency was found to be positively correlated to consideration of future consequences and negatively correlated to work procrastination. Furthermore, a positive relationship was found between work procrastination and the cultural values of masculinity and power distance, where those with higher levels of these cultural values had higher levels of work procrastination. Lastly, consideration of future consequences was found to be a better predictor for work procrastination than cultural values. Possible explanations of the results are discussed, limitations of the study are mentioned, and recommendations for future studies are suggested.