So what if the clock strikes? Scheduling style, control, and well-being
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10162482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne-Laure Sellier (HEC Paris, corresponding author), Tamar Avnet (Yeshiva University) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 107 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 791-808 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0038051 |
| PMID | 25347127 |
| OpenAlex | W2135010081 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 2 |
Individuals vary in the way they schedule their daily tasks and activities. In particular, 2 scheduling styles are commonly followed: clock-time (where tasks are organized based on a clock) and event-time (where tasks are organized based on their order of completion). This research shows that adopting a clock-time or an event-time scheduling style has consequences that go beyond the direct effect on task organization. In particular, adopting 1 scheduling style versus the other is shown to potentially influence personal control and well-being. We demonstrate that the reliance on clock- versus event-time affects individuals' perception of the causal relationship between events in the social world (Experiments 1 and 2). Specifically, we show that individuals following clock-time rather than event-time discriminate less between causally related and causally unrelated events, which in turn increases their belief that the world is controlled by chance or fate. In contrast, individuals following event-time (vs. clock-time) appear to believe that things happen more as a result of their own actions. We further show that this difference in internal locus of control compromises the ability of individuals following clock-time to savor positive emotions (Experiments 3a-5). We discuss the implications of these findings for future research in social and cognitive psychology
Business · Economics · Operations management · Scheduling (production processes · Style (visual arts · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Computer Science · History · Management Theory and Practice
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |