Watching the clock: Group pacing behavior under dynamic deadlines

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Waller, MJ; Zellmer-Bruhn, ME; Giambatista, RC
• 署名单位: Tulane University; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Texas Tech University System; Texas Tech University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/3069329
• 发表日期: 2002
• 页码: 1046-1055
• 关键词: individual-differences; time; transitions; performance

摘要

Attention to time is generally regarded as the catalyst that motivates groups to pace work under deadlines. We tested this assumption in 38 groups, some working under stable deadlines and others working under changed deadlines. Our results indicate that groups steadily increase attention to time as deadlines near, rather than sharply increasing such attention at the midpoint, but they engage in task transitions at or near the midpoint of allotted time.