ABSTRACT
Whereas many struggle to meet deadlines, ‘the time by which some task is supposed to be completed’ (Locke & Latham 1990: 7), some seem to have developed ways to pace effectively before reaching a deadline. Although there has been considerable attention among researchers regarding time-related individual characteristics (for an overview, see Francis-Smythe & Robertson 1999), only a few studies have addressed how individuals pace themselves before a deadline. Waller, Conte, Gibson and Carpenter (2001) suggested that a combination of time urgency and time perspective may be used to classify persons into four categories to distinguish the way in which they handle deadlines. To our knowledge, empirical analysis of these categories has yet to be conducted.
