Time-Management Training: Effects on Time Behaviors, Attitudes, and Job Performance

Abstract

This quasi-experimental field study examined the effects of a time-management training program on 44 employees' self-reports of time-management behavior, control over their time, job satisfaction, and stress responses, and on supervisors' ratings of these employees' job performance. Contrary to expectations, respondents did not report more frequent use of time-management behaviors, more job satisfaction, or less job-induced tension after training, compared with those not receiving training. Job performance did not significantly change after training. The training-group participants' perceptions of control over time, however, increased 4 to 5 months after training, approaching the level maintained by the no-training group. Thus, in general, the assertions made about time management were not supported.