Date of Award

1-1-2022

Language

English

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

College/School/Department

Department of Psychology

Program

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Content Description

1 online resource (iii, 47 pages) : illustrations.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Ho Kwan Cheung

Committee Members

Sylvia Roch

Keywords

role ambiguity, stress, workplace procrastination, Procrastination, Work, Time management, Job stress

Subject Categories

Psychology

Abstract

Although procrastination has been studied for over twenty years in the field of psychology, knowledge of workplace procrastination, developed from general procrastination, remains limited. Drawing from role theory, the current study aims to examine the positive relationship between role ambiguity and workplace procrastination through stress. It further examines the moderating role of work self-efficacy on the stress-procrastination relationship, such that higher work self-efficacy attenuates the positive relationship between stress and procrastination. Results from experimental data on 119 participants revealed that neither role ambiguity nor stress directly affects workplace procrastination, but individuals who have a higher level of self-efficacy at work procrastinate more when they are at a high job stress level.

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