The role of relational closeness and situational constraints in allowances for punctuality.
Studies have found that the perception of time differs from culture to culture. Along with it, norms of punctuality seem to differ as well under several conditions, such as statuses of persons involved and situational constraints. Punctuality is not as clear cut as many thought and studies found a b...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Final Year Project (FYP) |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
2013
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52647 |
| _version_ | 1826110685363306496 |
|---|---|
| author | Law, Astrea Jia Tung. |
| author2 | Wan Ching |
| author_facet | Wan Ching Law, Astrea Jia Tung. |
| author_sort | Law, Astrea Jia Tung. |
| collection | NTU |
| description | Studies have found that the perception of time differs from culture to culture. Along with it, norms of punctuality seem to differ as well under several conditions, such as statuses of persons involved and situational constraints. Punctuality is not as clear cut as many thought and studies found a buffer time for punctuality, termed the On-Time-Window (OTW). A recent study’s results indicated a huge OTW for friends. Thus this study investigated on interpersonal factors that influence OTW: relational closeness. A mediation model was formed regarding relational closeness and OTW, with the attribution bias, actor-observer bias, as the mediator. Effect of situational contexts as a moderator was tested too. A sample of 45 participants filled out a computer questionnaire, while under either a high relational closeness condition or low relational closeness condition. The mediation model and moderator were not supported. However, the main effect of situational contexts on OTW was significant. An interesting trend was observed: the interval of OTW for friends was narrower than expected. The discussion section addressed these trends, its implications in the current fast-paced society and the inherent limitations of the study. |
| first_indexed | 2024-10-01T02:38:32Z |
| format | Final Year Project (FYP) |
| id | ntu-10356/52647 |
| institution | Nanyang Technological University |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-10-01T02:38:32Z |
| publishDate | 2013 |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | ntu-10356/526472019-12-10T14:32:54Z The role of relational closeness and situational constraints in allowances for punctuality. Law, Astrea Jia Tung. Wan Ching School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences Studies have found that the perception of time differs from culture to culture. Along with it, norms of punctuality seem to differ as well under several conditions, such as statuses of persons involved and situational constraints. Punctuality is not as clear cut as many thought and studies found a buffer time for punctuality, termed the On-Time-Window (OTW). A recent study’s results indicated a huge OTW for friends. Thus this study investigated on interpersonal factors that influence OTW: relational closeness. A mediation model was formed regarding relational closeness and OTW, with the attribution bias, actor-observer bias, as the mediator. Effect of situational contexts as a moderator was tested too. A sample of 45 participants filled out a computer questionnaire, while under either a high relational closeness condition or low relational closeness condition. The mediation model and moderator were not supported. However, the main effect of situational contexts on OTW was significant. An interesting trend was observed: the interval of OTW for friends was narrower than expected. The discussion section addressed these trends, its implications in the current fast-paced society and the inherent limitations of the study. Bachelor of Arts 2013-05-21T08:05:15Z 2013-05-21T08:05:15Z 2013 2013 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52647 en Nanyang Technological University 55 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences Law, Astrea Jia Tung. The role of relational closeness and situational constraints in allowances for punctuality. |
| title | The role of relational closeness and situational constraints in allowances for punctuality. |
| title_full | The role of relational closeness and situational constraints in allowances for punctuality. |
| title_fullStr | The role of relational closeness and situational constraints in allowances for punctuality. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of relational closeness and situational constraints in allowances for punctuality. |
| title_short | The role of relational closeness and situational constraints in allowances for punctuality. |
| title_sort | role of relational closeness and situational constraints in allowances for punctuality |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52647 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT lawastreajiatung theroleofrelationalclosenessandsituationalconstraintsinallowancesforpunctuality AT lawastreajiatung roleofrelationalclosenessandsituationalconstraintsinallowancesforpunctuality |