TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of the Procrastination at Work Scale
T2 - A Seven-Language Study
AU - Metin, U. Baran
AU - Taris, Toon W.
AU - Peeters, Maria C.W.
AU - Korpinen, Max
AU - Smrke, Urška
AU - Razum, Josip
AU - Kolářová, Monika
AU - Baykova, Reny
AU - Gaioshko, Dariia
PY - 2020/9
Y1 - 2020/9
N2 - Procrastination at work has been examined relatively scarcely, partly due to the lack of a globally validated and context-specific workplace procrastination scale. This study investigates the psychometric characteristics of the Procrastination at Work Scale (PAWS) among 1,028 office employees from seven countries, namely, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. Specifically, it was aimed to test the measurement invariance of the PAWS and explore its discriminant validity by examining its relationships with work engagement and performance. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis shows that the basic factor structure and item loadings of the PAWS are invariant across countries. Furthermore, the two subdimensions of procrastination at work exhibited different patterns of relationships with work engagement and performance. Whereas soldiering was negatively related to work engagement and task performance, cyberslacking was unrelated to engagement and performance. These results indicate further validity evidence for the PAWS and the psychometric characteristics show invariance across various countries/languages. Moreover, workplace procrastination, especially soldiering, is a problematic behavior that shows negative links with work engagement and performance.
AB - Procrastination at work has been examined relatively scarcely, partly due to the lack of a globally validated and context-specific workplace procrastination scale. This study investigates the psychometric characteristics of the Procrastination at Work Scale (PAWS) among 1,028 office employees from seven countries, namely, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. Specifically, it was aimed to test the measurement invariance of the PAWS and explore its discriminant validity by examining its relationships with work engagement and performance. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis shows that the basic factor structure and item loadings of the PAWS are invariant across countries. Furthermore, the two subdimensions of procrastination at work exhibited different patterns of relationships with work engagement and performance. Whereas soldiering was negatively related to work engagement and task performance, cyberslacking was unrelated to engagement and performance. These results indicate further validity evidence for the PAWS and the psychometric characteristics show invariance across various countries/languages. Moreover, workplace procrastination, especially soldiering, is a problematic behavior that shows negative links with work engagement and performance.
KW - multi-group analysis
KW - performance
KW - procrastination at work
KW - work engagement
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85075061513&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1027/1015-5759/a000554
DO - 10.1027/1015-5759/a000554
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85075061513
SN - 1015-5759
VL - 36
SP - 767
EP - 776
JO - European Journal of Psychological Assessment
JF - European Journal of Psychological Assessment
IS - 5
ER -