May, Frank; Monga, Ashwani - In: Journal of Consumer Research 40 (2014) 5, pp. 924-924
This article introduces time anthropomorphism: a tendency to imbue time with humanlike mental states (e.g., time has a will of its own). This tendency, which varies across individuals and may also be induced, changes patience (e.g., for standard over expedited shipping). Specifically, time...