Time is tight: How higher economic value of time increases feelings of time pressure.

2011/01/01 by Sanford E. DeVoe, Jeffrey Pfeffer · 14 citations
Decision Sciences · Psychology · #Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics #Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research #Behavioral Health and Interventions

paper · doi:10.1037/a0022148

Abstract

The common heuristic association between scarcity and value implies that more valuable things appear scarcer (King, Hicks, & Abdelkhalik, 2009), an effect we show applies to time as well. In a series of studies, we found that both income and wealth, which affect the economic value of time, influence perceived time pressure. Study 1 found that changes in income were associated with changes in perceived time pressure. Studies 2-4 showed that experimentally manipulating time's perceived economic value caused greater feelings of time pressure and less patient behavior. Finally, Study 5 demonstrated that the relationship between income and time pressure was strengthened when participants were randomly assigned to think about the precise economic value of their time.

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