The Relationship between Academic Procrastination and Self-control in Entrepreneurship Education

Abstract

Procrastination is related to academic achievement, student health, and emotional well-being in which academic procrastination represents an irrational delay. This behavior is often considered dangerous and even described as an endemic phenomenon. This study aimed to examine theories and case studies on the relationship between academic procrastination and self-control in entrepreneurship education. The subjects were students of SMA Negeri 3 Semarang majoring in Natural Sciences who acquired entrepreneurship education. The data were gathered through a simple random sampling technique using a questionnaire. The results showed that self-control had a negative relationship with academic procrastination. The level of academic procrastination of class XI Science SMA N 3 Semarang on entrepreneurship education was in the medium category of 54.3%. The self-control of class XI Science SMA N 3 Semarang in the entrepreneurship education was at a high level as indicated by the average percentage of all indicators of 64%. Entrepreneurship education that prioritizes optimal self-control and reduces academic procrastination is expected to create better quality human resources.

The role of cyberloafing and procrastination behaviour on employee engagement and their impact on employee performance

“…There are 5 variables used in this study related to the issues that occur in this company. Cyberloafing that consists of four indicators adopted from [7], procrastination behaviour was measured by four indicators adopted from [26], employee engagement with three indicators which are referred to [9], employee performance with three indicators which were adopted from [27,28], and self control that consist of four indicators adopted from [29,30]. The survey was conducted using 28 items of questionnaire with five possible answers using likert scale based on the frequency of activities carried out by the employees, with a range of values from 1 (never) to 5 (always).…”