Individual Time Perspective And Alliance Formation Behavior
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The impact of time orientation on leaders’ behavior has been largely unexplored in research.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This study examined the role of time perspective in alliance formation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Using a game, participants formed alliances using information about past behavior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Findings suggest that participants with future time perspective were more likely to initiate alliances and those with a past-negative perspective were more likely to cooperate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This finding supports the Theory of Leadership and Time Orientation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>