The structure-function and content aspects of procrastination in employees of organization

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Abstract

In this research was considered psychological structure (structure-function and content aspects) of procrastination in employees of organization as violation of conscious self-control of voluntary activity. 213 employees of the Russian industrial organization participated in the study. Based on 8 diagnostics questionnaire we constructed the model including predictors of procrastination as occupational stress syndrome, the coping strategy of avoidance and satisfaction of organization. The stability of the model was confirmed on different parts of the sample. Besides the model including content parameters changing their content depending on the selected within the sample subgroups.

General Information

Keywords: procrastination, violation of conscious self-control of voluntary activity, stress syndrome, the coping strategy of avoidance

Journal rubric: Psychology of Labor and Engineering Psychology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/exppsy.2018110210

For citation: Barabanschikova V.V., Ivanova S.A. The structure-function and content aspects of procrastination in employees of organization. Eksperimental'naâ psihologiâ = Experimental Psychology (Russia), 2018. Vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 130–148. DOI: 10.17759/exppsy.2018110210. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Valentina V. Barabanschikova, Doctor of Psychology, associate professor, Corresponding Member of the RAE, Head of the Laboratory of Occupational Psychology, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Psychology for Academic Affairs, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Associate Professor, Department of Organizational Psychology, Institute of Psychoanalysis, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: vvb-msu@bk.ru

Svetlana A. Ivanova, Graduate of the Faculty of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: ivanova_lana1986@rambler.ru

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