International Journal of Human Sciences ISSN:2458-9489 Volume 15 Issue 3 Year: 2018 A research to examine general and decisional procrastination of healthcare workers according to differences of demographical characteristics 1 Bünyamin Akdemir 2 Gökçen Özkan 3 Abstract In a world of rapid change and transformation, many developments in different fields have affected both the organization and the individual, and these changes have led to an increase in the number of stimulants affecting employees. One of the most intensive problems in this regard is the procrastination of employees. The aim of this research is to examine if there is a significant difference at the levels of general and decisional procrastination of employees in scope of demographic variables. In this context, a research was conducted to the healthcare workers consisted of 393 respondents working at the hospitals of Malatya, Elazığ and Bingöl. According to the research results, it was determined that healthcare workers' levels of general and decisional procrastination were close to the average. Also in scope of demographic variables, it was found that there was a significant difference at the level of general procrastination according to gender, age and duration of work experience variables. In terms of decisional procrastination levels, it was found that there was a significant difference in the graduation status variable. Various suggestions on these results were submitted. Keywords: General procrastination; decisional procrastination; demographic characteristics. 1. Introduction In a world of transformation, time is very important in terms of individual and organizational success. Many new stimuli have emerged after the effect on performance of employees working together with this transformation and development issues, and as a result, problems with time management and self-regulation are increased. One of the intense problems in this respect is procrastination that people show in various areas in different areas of life and in different levels. Procrastination is a behavioural tendency that is described as postponing or delaying a task that must be done at a certain time. Nowadays, everybody is delaying to finish tasks or to make decision by leaving many important or minor, urgent, non-urgent jobs or decisions behind. The most distinguishing feature of procrastination from other delaying behaviors is the level of stress 1 This paper is produced from a doctoral dissertation entitled "A Study on Determining the Relation between Organizational Cynicism and Procrastination of Employees". 2 Prof. Dr., İnönü University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration, bunyamin.akdemir@inonu.edu.tr 3 Dr., İnönü University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration, gokcenozkan@yahoo.com Submitted: 2018-05-13 Published: 2018-08-04