A theory and factory experiment on the time-drag concept of boredom

Abstract

47 (81%) of 53 personnel of a small plant guessed how much and in which direction the "erroneous" (but actually correct) company clocks were in error, in order to test hypothesis that, contarry to popular notion, time drag is estimated as greater in the variety-type than in the repetitive-type jobs. Significant correlations (p<.05) of time drag with variety-type (.43) rather than monotony-type, and with long-cycle (.27) rather than short-cycle jobs resulted. Time drag actually was greater in variety-type and in long-cycle jobs. The hypothesis that unbroken visual space seems tenable. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)