Time urgency: The construct and its measurement.

Abstract

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.

Escala de Urgência com o Tempo e Ocupação Constante: Adaptação, Validade e Versão Reduzida

“…Sendo assim a Ocupação Constante pode ser interpretada como um fator que acessa a quantidade de compromissos de forma objetiva, não sendo necessariamente associada a fatores estressantes. Já a Urgência com o Tempo e a Ativação Constante possuem uma associação mais evidente com o estresse e a ansiedade, sinalizando situações em que a rotina acelerada de indivíduos passa a ter efeitos negativos (Conte et al, 1998;Landy et al, 1991).…”

“…A urgência com o tempo costumava ser defi nida como um construto unidimensional, relacionado somente à impaciência (Landy, Rastegary, Thayer, & Colvin, 1991), mas passou a ser interpretada como multidimensional, com fatores que envolvem: consciência do tempo, hábi-tos alimentares, planejamento, energia, padrões de fala e controle de prazos (Conte, Landy, & Mathieu, 1995), além de realização de muitas tarefas ao mesmo tempo, pontualidade, velocidade e pressão temporal (Edwards, Baglioni, & Cooper, 1990;Kohler, 1991;Landy et al, 1991). As investigações envolvendo esse construto tomaram grandes proporções, alcançando diversos campos de aplicação.…”

What Do We Know About Time Management? A Review of the Literature and a Psychometric Critique of Instruments Assessing Time Management

“…Ten additional research studies involved the development of a time related assessment instrument (Bond & Feather, 1988;Britton & Tesser, 1991;Calabresi & Cohen, 1968;Gafarian et al, 1999;Hellsten & Rogers, 2009;Landy et al, 1991;Macan et al, 1990;Schriber & Gutek, 1987;Weber & Vogel, 1977;Wessman, 1973).…”

“…The Time Urgency Scale (TUS) was developed with the intention of assessing time urgency, time awareness, and time use (Landy et al, 1991). Time urgency refers to "accelerated pace" (Burnam et al, 1975) and is the tendency of an individual to consider time as a scarce resource and plan its use carefully (Landy et al, 1991).…”

Advancing Task-Technology Fit Theory: A formative measurement approach to determining task-channel fit for electronic banking channels

“…Next, the existing literature and transcripts of the focus group discussions were reviewed for potential keywords describing the TCF dimensions. For instance, time-critical tasks were often referred to as being 'urgent' in the existing literature (Gattiker and Goodhue, 2005;Jenkins et al, 1971;Junglas et al, 2009;Landry et al, 1991;Park et al, 2008;Yuan et al, 2010). Hence, items tapping time criticality were created to reflect that dimension.…”