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When working towards a deadline, individuals allocate their effort over time in a multitude of ways, referred to as pacing style. The different styles that employees use to pace their work to meet deadlines have important implications for individual work outcomes, most notably performance. To date, researchers have largely focused on pacing styles in isolation, assuming that individuals have a dominant style that they use for all deadlines. However, individuals may use a combination of pacing styles for different tasks or deadlines. This consideration is important because the specific combination of pacing styles an individual uses provides a fuller picture of how they allocate time and effort as they approach deadlines. In an effort to advance the understanding of pacing style, we present two studies that use latent profile analysis to identify profiles of pacing styles and reveal how combinations of styles relate to work …