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Missed Deadlines Lead People To Judge Work More Harshly, Study Says
Thursday November 14, 2024. 11:00 AM , from Slashdot
A missed deadline led evaluators to believe an employee had less integrity, and they reported they would be less willing to work with or assign tasks to that person in the future. 'Everyone saw the exact same art contest entry, school submission or business proposal, but they couldn't help but use their knowledge of when it came in to guide their evaluation of how good it was,' said Maglio, who co-authored the study with David Fang of Stanford University. Those who eagerly submit work early should be advised that this does not appear to earn a boost in opinion, according to the report in the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. It also didn't matter how late the work was submitted, with one day or one week delays viewed just as negatively -- and that remained the case if the employee gave their manager advance warning. The latest study suggests that it is this inability to plan realistically that is frowned on, with factors beyond an employee's control, such as jury duty, not viewed as negatively. 'If the reason why you missed the deadline was beyond your control, you as the employee should let your manager know,' said Maglio. 'That seems to be one of the few instances in which people cut you a break.' Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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