TY - JOUR
T1 - Watching the clock
T2 - Group pacing behavior under dynamic deadlines
AU - Waller, Mary J.
AU - Zellmer-Bruhn, Mary E.
AU - Giambatista, Robert C.
PY - 2002/10
Y1 - 2002/10
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.2307/3069329
DO - 10.2307/3069329
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036810801
SN - 0001-4273
VL - 45
SP - 1046
EP - 1055
JO - Academy of Management Journal
JF - Academy of Management Journal
IS - 5
ER -