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Time urgency: the construct and its measurement

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Time urgency may be an important construct in industrial and organizational psychology. Preliminary analyses have indicated that time urgency may be multidimensional , and available self-report measures have been criticized on psychometric grounds. The present research addressed the dimensionality of time urgency. Behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS), in which behavioral statements are substituted for qualitative anchors, were used to construct time urgency measures. The BARS technique produced multidimensional measures of time urgency that possessed adequate reliability and construct validity. The scales were tested on a wide variety of subjects. It is concluded that time urgency is a multidimensional construct. Relationships between the time urgency measures, job satisfaction, and work stress are discussed in light of previous research findings. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Time perception, Job stress, Organizational behavior, Psychometrics

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Time urgency: conceptual and construct development

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Although time urgency is seen as unidimensional in traditional measures of the Type A behavior pattern, F.J. Landy, H. Rastegary, J. Thayer, and C. Colvin (1991) concluded that it is a multidimensional construct. They developed behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS) that correspond to 7 dimensions of time urgency. This multitrait-multimethod study used 4 raters' evaluations of 183 students at 2 times to examine the construct validity of the BARS measures. This study also investigated environmental and individual difference variables that were linked to time urgency. Confirmatory factor analyses failed to support a hypothesized 7-dimension, 4-method solution but did show good fit indices for a 5-dimension, 4-method model. Potential directions for future research on time urgency are discussed. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Time management

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The nomological and predictive validity of time urgency

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Time urgency variables, as well as achievement strivings (AS) and impatience/irritability (II), are essential predictors of health and performance outcomes. Time-urgency measures, such as deadline control and competitiveness, serve as initial indicators of future health problems. Specifically, competitiveness may likely result in health problems as individuals try to compete with each other to gain promotions in a work environment where there is downsizing in the managerial level.

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Psychology & Psychiatry, Health aspects, Sick, Sick persons, Achievement motivation, Competition (Psychology)

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