Meanings
nounstudent syndrome (uncountable)
- uncountableThe tendency not to apply oneself fully to a task until the last possible moment before a deadline.
This initial research investigates three behavioral issues which may affect team member productivity in both a traditional waterfall project and in a Scrum project: the management of stress, the use of slack and the student syndrome.
2010, Eli B. Cohen, editor, Information in Motion, volume 7
Origin
In reference to academic deadlines set for students.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 學生拖延症 /学生拖延症
- 學生拖延症 /学生拖延症 (xuésheng tuōyánzhèng)tendency to apply oneself fully to a task at the last possible moment before a deadline
Finnish viime hetken syndrooma
- viime hetken syndroomatendency to apply oneself fully to a task at the last possible moment before a deadline
Russian синдро́м студе́нта
- синдро́м студе́нта (sindróm studénta)tendency to apply oneself fully to a task at the last possible moment before a deadline
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