Student activists are actively engaged in organizational activities both within and
beyond their university. While such involvement offers benefits such as enhanced
social skills and personal development, it can also have negative consequences,
including tardiness or absenteeism in classes, a decline in academic performance,
and difficulties in completing assignments on time. One manifestation of these
challenges is academic procrastination. This study aims to examine the relationship
between organizational involvement and academic procrastination, with emotional
exhaustion as a mediating variable among college students. The study sample
comprised 80 student activists in Yogyakarta, selected using a purposive sampling
method. Using path analysis with bootstrapping (1,000 resamples) in IBM® SPSS®
AMOS™ 21, the findings reveal a significant mediating effect of emotional
exhaustion on the relationship between organizational involvement and academic
procrastination. The results indicate that the duration of organizational involvement
is associated with higher levels of academic procrastination, mediated by emotional
exhaustion. These findings highlight the need for universities to implement
programs that help students balance organizational engagement with academic
responsibilities, thereby reducing emotional exhaustion and mitigating
procrastination