Overcoming procrastination: Time pressure and positive affect as compensatory routes to action

• Main Authors: KUHNEL, Jana, BLEDOW, Ronald, KUONATH, Angela
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: Procrastination; Action control theory; Positive affect; Challenge hindrance stressors; Person-environment interaction; Motivation; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7134; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/8133/viewcontent/s10869_022_09817_z.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The current work seeks to identify factors that support action initiation from the theoretical lens of self-regulation. Specifically, we focus on factors that reduce procrastination, the delay of the initiation or completion of activities. We draw from action control theory and propose that positive...