Time management and polychronicity:Comparisons, contrasts, and insights for the workplace

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue , 1999, Pages 288-312

  Kaufman Scarborough, Carol ^a   Lindquist, Jay D ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual behaviour; Time management; Work psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986134521     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683949910263819     Document Type: Article

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