Department of Human Resource Studies, Tilburg University.
School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology.
J Appl Psychol. 2018 Aug;103(8):867-893. doi: 10.1037/apl0000306. Epub 2018 Apr 23.
The ability to foresee, anticipate, and plan for future desired outcomes is crucial for well-being, motivation, and behavior. However, theories in organizational psychology do not incorporate time-related constructs such as Future Time Perspective (FTP), and research on FTP remains disjointed and scattered, with different domains focusing on different aspects of the construct, using different measures, and assessing different antecedents and consequences. In this review and meta-analysis, we aim to clarify the FTP construct, advance its theoretical development, and demonstrate its importance by (a) integrating theory and empirical findings across different domains of research to identify major outcomes and antecedents of FTP, and (b) empirically examining whether and how these variables are moderated by FTP measures and dimensions. Results of a meta-analysis of k = 212 studies reveal significant relationships between FTP and major classes of consequences (i.e., those related to achievement, well-being, health behavior, risk behavior, and retirement planning), and between antecedents and FTP, as well as moderating effects of different FTP measures and dimensions. Highlighting the importance of FTP for organizational psychology theories, our findings demonstrate that FTP predicts these outcomes over and above the big five personality traits and mediates the associations between these personality traits and outcomes. (PsycINFO Database Record
预见、预期和规划未来期望结果的能力对幸福感、动机和行为至关重要。然而，组织心理学理论并未纳入与时间相关的结构，如未来时间视角 (FTP)，并且关于 FTP 的研究仍然分散且不连贯，不同领域关注结构的不同方面，使用不同的衡量标准，并评估不同的前因和后果。在本次综述和荟萃分析中，我们旨在通过以下方式澄清 FTP 结构，推进其理论发展，并展示其重要性：(a) 整合不同研究领域的理论和实证发现，以确定 FTP 的主要结果和前因；以及 (b) 实证检验这些变量是否以及如何受到 FTP 衡量标准和维度的调节。荟萃分析的结果 k = 212 项研究表明，FTP 与主要后果类别（即与成就、幸福感、健康行为、风险行为和退休规划相关的后果）之间存在显著关系，以及前因与 FTP 之间存在显著关系，以及不同 FTP 衡量标准和维度的调节作用。突出了 FTP 对组织心理学理论的重要性，我们的研究结果表明，FTP 可以预测这些结果，而不仅仅是五大人格特质，并且可以调节这些人格特质与结果之间的关系。（PsycINFO 数据库记录）
