The mediating role of critical thinking in the relationship between procrastination and psychological capital

procrastination, psychological capital, critiThe aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of critical thinking in the relationship between procrastination and psychological capital (resilience, self-efficacy, hope and optimism) in employees. The research method was descriptive and was a correlational design and structural equation modeling method. The statistical population included all employees of Parsian Bank in 98-99 with a volume of 2600 people and 300 samples were selected by stratified sampling method. Measurement tools were the SOP Organizational Procrastination Questionnaire, the, Lutans and Olivio (2007) Psychological Capital Scale, and the Ricketts Critical Thinking Questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using SPSS25 software and LISREL software. According to the results, the factor load of the direct path of the effect of the psychological capital variable on the procrastination variable was not significant, but with the mediation of the critical thinking variable, this path became significant. Then, in order to modify the model, the paths whose factor load was not significant were removed. Finally, the modified model had a good fit. In the final model, all factor loads were significant, which showed a strong relationship between the observed variables and latent variables.cal thinking