Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study was to verify whether the time perspective of a new employee influences work delay behavior through self-control, and whether perceived stress between self-control and work procrastination is controlled.
 Methods To this end, an online survey consisting of zimbardo time perspective inventory, the brief self-control measure, perceived stress scale, and aitken procrastination inventory was conducted on 301 a new employee with less than three years of service at workplaces in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 25.0. Correlation analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between measurement variables. The collected data were analyzed to examine the mediating effect and moderated mediation effect. And bootstrapping was used to verify the significance of indirect effects.
 Results The results of the study are as follows. First, as a result of the correlation analysis of each variable, the ‘past negative’ time perspective and ‘present fatalistic’ time perspective showed a statistically significant negative correlation to self-control, and a positive correlation with work procrastination. ‘future’ time perspective has a statistically significant positive correlation with self-control, and has shown an negative correlation with work procrastination. Second, self-control fully mediated the ‘past negative’ time perspective on work procrastination, and self-control partially mediated the ‘present fatalistic’ time perspective and ‘future’ time perspective on work procrastination. Third, the control effect of perceived stress in the relationship between self-control and work procrastination was shown to be statistically significant. In other words, the impact of self-control on work procrastination depends on the level of perceived stress.
 Conclusions It was confirmed whether perceived stress can control the effect of the time perspective of the new employee on work procrastination through self-control. This study is expected to provide useful data for understanding the cognitive and psychological factors that affect the relationship between time perspective and work procrastination and for consulting access to work procrastination in corporate consultation scenes.

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