Procrastination is the act of postponping activities, despite understanding the importance of doing them. Rather than being the result of team organization issues, such as timing conflicts, it can be more of a psychological issue. However, the basic motivation at the heart of procrastination is the avoidance of any pain, and frustrating, stressful, or tedious work will generally get postponed. This helps briefly but most often creates stress when the deadline comes and ends with guilt and self-criticism.

It can be traced to perfectionism where an individual will take time to start a task because he or she does not want to mess up or low self efficacy where an individual lacks confidence to complete a task. Reactions and research also show that individuals with a high level of impulsivity are likely to procrastinate, they give preference to small, temporary benefits as compared to large ultimate gains. Changing procrastination usually requires realizing that these are the main causes of it and using such techniques as dividing the work, setting reasonable goals, and being kind to oneself to increase efficiency and employees’ well-being.