Development of a model of structural equations of procrastination based on psychological capital (hope, optimism, resilience and self-efficacy) with the moderating effect of critical thinking

The aim of this study was to develop a model of employee procrastination based on the amount of psychological capital (resilience, self-efficacy, hope and optimism) with the moderating effect of critical thinking in employees. The research method was descriptive and was a correlational design and structural equation modeling method. The statistical population included all employees of Parsian Bank in 2019-2020 with a volume of 2600 people and 300 samples were selected by stratified sampling method. Measurement tools were the SOP Organizational Procrastination Questionnaire, the, Lutans and Olivio (2007) Psychological Capital Scale, and the Ricketts Critical Thinking Questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using SPSS25 software and LISREL software. According to the results, the factor load of the direct path of the effect of the psychological capital variable on the procrastination variable was not significant, but with the mediation of the critical thinking variable, this path became significant. Then, in order to modify the model, the paths whose factor load was not significant were removed. Finally, the modified model had a good fit. In the final model, all factor loads were significant, which showed a strong relationship between the observed variables and latent variables