Table 2.

Independent variables and measurement for time management practice

Variables	Descriptions
Compensation	Compensation was assessed using three items, about employees’ feelings of fairness and proper compensation for their labor, as well as financial incentives for higher performance. Each of which was graded by a 5-point Likert scale. finally, it was grouped as satisfied if their responses were greater than the mean score value and unsatisfied if their answers were less than the mean score value [27].
Organizational policy:	Organizational policies and strategies were used to express the respondent’s feelings about the implementation of organizational policies and strategies. It was evaluated using three items, each of which was graded by a 5-point Likert scale. finally it was categorized as satisfied and unsatisfied based on the mean value [31]
Time waster	Workers who engage in different activities or things that consume lots of their time without offering any productive outcome. The variable was measured by five items having five point Lickert scale for each item. The responses were classified as “low” if they were greater than the mean score value, and as “high” if they were less than the mean score value [31]
Performance appraisal	Performance appraisal was evaluated using three items about the participants’ feelings of how their real performance with a 5-point Likert scale. This was categorized as satisfied if their responses were greater than the mean score value; they were labeled as unsatisfied if their responses were less than the mean score value [14]
Procrastination	Workers considered the tendency to delay intended actions and delay scheduled work are referred to as procrastinators. It was assessed using four items, each of which was graded on a five-point Likert scale. If the responses are larger than the mean score value, the variable was classified as “low,“ and less than the mean score value, they were classified as “high.“ [33]
Technical staff	For this study technical staff were considered the midwives, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory technicians, health officer, health extension workers, and health information workers
Non-technical staff	Those employees who work as health center administrative workers and are not part of the health professional staff were considers as non-technical staff.