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Procrastination at Work Scale (PAWS)
Research · February 2016
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4315.4965
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Procrastination at Work Scale (PAWS) ©
Following statements are about various sorts of behaviors at work. Please read all
statements carefully and then select how often you exhibit this behavior at work. Please use
the following response scale:
0
Never
Rarely
Occasionally
Sometimes
1
2
3
Frequently Very Frequently
A few times a A few times a A couple of
year or less month or less times a month
4
Always
5
A couple of
times a week
Once a
week
6
Daily
1. When I work, even after I make decision, I delay acting upon
it.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
2. I delay before starting on work I have to do.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
3. At work, I crave a pleasurable diversion so sharply that I find
it increasingly hard to stay on track.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
4. When a work task is tedious, again and again I find myself
pleasantly daydreaming rather than focusing.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
5. I give priority to the lesser tasks, even if there is something
important I should do at work.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
6. When I have excessive amount of work to do, I avoid planning
my tasks, and find myself doing something totally irrelevant.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7. I take long coffee breaks.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
8. I use Instant Messaging (i.e. WhatsApp, Skype, Viber…) at
work for personal use.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
9. I spend more than half an hour on social network sites
(Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc.) at work per day for leisure
purpose.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
10.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
11. I delay some of my tasks just because I do not enjoy doing
them.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
12.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
I read news online at work.
I do online shopping during working hours.
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Procrastination at Work Scale (PAWS) is developed by Metin, Taris, and Peeters (2015). PAWS is free for noncommercial scientific utilization. For commercial and/or non-scientific use, authorization of the authors is required.
Soldiering: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11
Cyberslacking: 8, 9, 10, 12
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