Time mental accounting and novice employees’ intertemporal choices: mediating effects of time management disposition and future self-continuity

The findings support a dual-path mechanism whereby structured time allocation and stronger future self-identity function as complementary resources that reduce short-term bias in novice employees' intertemporal decisions.

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Frontiers in Psychology
Published
2026-01-27
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https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1743618
Primary Topic
Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
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Time mental accounting and novice employees’ intertemporal choices: mediating effects of time management disposition and future self-continuity

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Abstract

The findings support a dual-path mechanism whereby structured time allocation and stronger future self-identity function as complementary resources that reduce short-term bias in novice employees' intertemporal decisions.

Frontiers in PsychologyVol. 16
Southwest University (CN), Chongqing University (CN), Ghent University (BE), Southwest Minnesota State University (US), Chongqing Medical University (CN)
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
Gender equality
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