Academic management, social isolation and procrastination: a study with management graduate students during the Covid-19 pandemic

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https://doi.org/10.5902/2318133884007

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The present article proposes to analyse the effects caused by the lack of coexistence amongst Management Graduate students on their academic procrastination behaviour. A thematic analysis was carried out through the lens of hermeneutical phenomenology on the transcription of 24 structured interviews, carried out with master's and doctoral students in Management. The results show that procrastination is more linked to the dimension of individual factors of each interviewee (organization, stress and health) than to external factors (such as access to university facilities and methodological changes); furthermore, the pandemic itself is not directly responsible for nurturing procrastinating behaviour amongst students, but it tends to increase already existing procrastinating tendencies. Those who can establish routines and follow them with discipline started to procrastinate less; on the other hand, those who are unable to maintain an organized schedule and structured habits had these trends intensified with the pandemic and intensified their procrastination habits.

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João Florêncio da Costa Júnior, Universidade Potiguar

Professor na Universidade Portiguar.

Rosana Curvelo de Souza, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

PhD student (2020-) and Master (2013) by the Graduate Program in Administration at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN. Specialist in Communication Advice from the Potiguar University - UnP (2011). Graduated in Social Communication / Journalism from UFRN (2007). Technical-Administrative in the Office of the Dean of UFRN since 2008.

Polyana Tenório de Freitas e Silva, Universidade Federal de Alagoas

PhD in Management from UFRN (2022). Master in Public Administration from PROFIAP/UFAL (2018). She has a specialization in Constitutional Law from Universidade Anhanguera UNIDERP (2012). Graduated in Law from CESMAC University Center (2010). She is currently an administrative technician at the Federal University of Alagoas. She has experience working as a lawyer, with an emphasis on consumer relations law. (Text provided by the author)

Anatália Saraiva Martins Ramos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Full Professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). She is currently Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Administration (PPGA); she served as Head and Deputy Head of the Department of Management Sciences at this university. She has a master's and doctorate degree in Production Engineering from COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). She did post-doctorate in Management at Université Pierre Mendès-France (UPMF), France. She was a CNPq Research Productivity (PQ) scholarship holder. Since 2002, she coordinates the Research Group "Systems Management and Information Technology" certified by CNPq. Since 1997, she has supervised doctoral research, academic master's, professional master's and specialization and undergraduate course conclusion work (on-site and distance) in the areas of Information Administration and Management. . He has published in the indexed scientific journals: Computers in Human Behavior, Magazine of Contemporary Administration (RAC), Magazine of Business Administration (RAE), Magazine of Administration and Innovation (RAI), Magazine of Management (REGE), Magazine of Technology Management and Information Systems (JISTEM), among others. Areas of interest: Adoption, use and impacts of information technology in organizations; Individual behavior in digital environments; Technology and Innovation Management.

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2023-07-21

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Costa Júnior, J. F. da, Souza, R. C. de, Silva, P. T. de F. e, & Ramos, A. S. M. (2023). Academic management, social isolation and procrastination: a study with management graduate students during the Covid-19 pandemic. Regae: Revista De Gestão E Avaliação Educacional, e84007. https://doi.org/10.5902/2318133884007

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v. 12, n. 21, 2023, publicação contínua

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