The nomological and predictive validity of time urgency

✍ Scribed by Jeffrey M. Conte; John E. Mathieu; Frank J. Landy

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 163 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0894-3796
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1379(199801)19:1<1::aid-job815>3.0.co;2-e

✦ Synopsis

The present study developed a nomological network that theoretically linked time urgency to related variables. To test the proposed relationships, time urgency, achievement strivings (AS), and impatience/irritability (II) were utilized as predictors of health and performance 18 months later. Multivariate canonical correlation analyses provided support for a complex nomological network among the predictors and the outcome measures. Redundancy coecients and a rotated structure matrix were employed to identify two signi®cant dimensions, labeled crammers and organizers, that linked the predictors with the outcome measures. The results also indicated that the time urgency subcomponents were dierentially related to several health outcomes. These ®ndings provide further validity evidence for the time urgency construct, and they suggest that time urgency variables should be considered as important predictors of both health and performance outcomes. Directions for future research on time urgency are discussed.