Conceptualization and measurement of temporal focus: The subjective experience of the past, present, and future

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-22

  Shipp, Abbie J ^a   Edwards, Jeffrey R ^b   Lambert, Lisa Schurer ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Construct validation; Individual difference; Temporal focus; Temporal orientation; Time; Time perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 69349104958     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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