Identifying Dimensions and Components of Work Procrastination among Employees of Islamic Azad University

The purpose of the present study was to identify the lived experiences of procrastination employees of Islamic Azad University in order to identify the components of procrastination.

which was carried out with qualitative phenomenological method, the statistical sample of procrastination employees by implementing Takman's procrastination questionnaire (1991) and using multi-stage cluster random sampling method and based on the size of the statistical population of 35,000 employees per year (98-99) according to the table of Karjesi and Morgan (1970), 384 people were estimated, and based on the data analysis, 25 qualified people were identified as the unit of analysis in the qualitative section, based on the principle of theoretical saturation, with 15 people who had a structured interview. It was not found half deep. To measure the validity of the data, two methods of review of participants and review of non-participating experts were used in the research. The method of data analysis in the qualitative part was the 7-step Claysey method. In order to confirm the reliability of the qualitative findings, a scale with a 3-option spectrum was used to measure the content validity ratio (Lavache coefficient estimation) and in order to ensure the reliability of the qualitative findings, the Holstein reliability coefficient was estimated at 0.97. The revealed findings were 179 key terms. 292 secondary concepts (first category), 32 secondary concepts (second category) and 3 main concepts (dimensions) were extracted (primary concepts).

The findings showed that the factors of employee procrastination consist of 3 main dimensions including the organizational dimension (with 14 components), the individual dimension (with 15 components) and the social dimension (with 3 components).

The reason for the problem of procrastination should be widely investigated and rooted in order to identify its effective factors.