Purpose

The purpose of this study is to examine individuals’ subjective perception of spare time available for activities that are more or less attractive.

Design/methodology/approach

Three experiments with adult samples manipulate liking of activity and temporal distance and assess the resulting predicted time available.

Findings

The authors demonstrate that individuals’ subjective perception of spare time is influenced by how much they like or dislike the activities they plan for. Individuals perceive they have more spare time for activities they like than ones they dislike. The strength of individuals’ liking for activities has more impact on perceived spare time available for liked activities than for disliked ones. These effects are attenuated by individuals’ propensity to plan.

Originality/value

Understanding the effect of spare time perception contributes to the literature on resource slack and provides insights into individuals’ planning for time.

中文翻译：

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喜欢活动对感知的业余时间的影响

目的

这项研究的目的是检验个人对空闲时间的主观感知，这些空闲时间可用于更具吸引力的活动。

设计/方法/方法

使用成人样本进行的三个实验操纵了活动和时间距离的喜好，并评估了所得到的预计可用时间。

发现

作者证明，个人对业余时间的主观感知受他们喜欢或不喜欢他们计划的活动的程度的影响。人们认为自己比自己不喜欢的活动有更多的空闲时间。个人喜欢活动的力量对喜欢的活动的可感知空闲时间的影响比对不喜欢的活动的影响更大。这些影响会因个人的计划倾向而减弱。

创意/价值

理解业余时间感知的影响有助于文献研究资源短缺，并提供有关个人时间规划的见解。