Avoiding procrastination through time management: An experimental intervention study

Educational Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 352-360

  Häfner, Alexander ^a   Oberst, Verena ^a   Stock, Armin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

planning; procrastination; time management; training programme

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901234819     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055698.2014.899487     Document Type: Article

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