The features of the severity of procrastination in subjects of different types of activity

In today's economic and epidemiological situation, the problem of the subject's activity effectiveness has become especially acute. Procrastination is one of the psychological phenomena that have a negative influence on collective and individual labor productivity. The paper discusses topical Russian and foreign studies on the problem of procrastination in activity and presents the findings of a study of procrastination in subjects of various types of activity in relation to motivation to achieve success, motivation to avoid failure, and willingness to take risks. The results of the study show that the severity of procrastination in subjects of different types of activity is influenced not only by their personal features, which act as predictors or protectors of procrastination, but also by the features of the performed tasks, organizational characteristics of work, and the specifics of the profession.