The Time Management Questionnaire

 

The Time Management Questio deve velo lope ped d by Britton and Tesser Questionnair nnairee (TMQ)  de (1991) was used. It includes includes 18 questions questions distributed distributed in 3 dimensions dimensions:: Short-ra Short-range nge planning includes 7 questions, Time attitudes include 6 questions  and long-range planning includes 5 questions.  All the questions were value based on the Likert scale of five value scores: Always (5), frequently (4), sometimes (3), infrequently (2), Never (1). Except for question number 8, 10, 12 and 15, here the responses were reverse. The range of possible scores was 18-90 on the 18 questions of time management scale, 735 on the short range planning sub scale, 6-30 on the time attitudes sub scale and 5-25 on the long range planning sub scale. Higher values on the scale correspond to better time management  practices.

Items of GTM

1. I make make a list list of of the thin things gs th that at I have have to to do each day. day. 2. I make make a sched schedule ule of of the acti activit vities ies tha thatt I have to do on work days. 3. I plan plan the the day day befo before re I star startt it. it. 4. I write write a set of goals goals for mysel myselff for each day. 5. I have have a clea clearr idea idea of what what I want want to accomplish during the next week. 6. I spen spend d time time each each day day plan plannin ning. g. 7. I set set and and hono honorr prior prioriti ities es.. 8. I con contin tinue unpro roffit ita able ro rou uti tin nes or  activities. 9. I believe that there is room for   improvement in the way I manage my time. 10. I fin find myse mysellf doing thi things whic ich h in inte terf rfer ere e wi with th my coll colleg ege e work work si simp mply ly because I hate to say -No to people. 11. I feel I am in charge charge of my own own time, by and large. 12. On an average average class day I spend spend more time with persona personall grooming grooming than doing doing college work. 13. I make constructive constructive use of of time. 14. The night night before a major major assignment assignment is due, I still working on it. 15 15.. I ha have ve a se sett of goal goals s for for the the enti entire re quarter. 16 16.. I keep keep my desk desk cl clea earr of ev ever eryt ythi hing ng other than what I am currently working on. 17 17.. When When I ha have ve seve severa rall thin things gs to do do,, I think it is best to do a little bit of work on each one. 18. I review my class notes, notes, even when when a test is not imminent.

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never