In 2013 a team led by Steven Rogelberg of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte published a study of lateness to meetings. They surveyed 195 employees in the southeastern United States about more than 300 meetings. Latecomers left others “feeling disrespected, upset, frustrated, and disappointed.” They also saw the late person as rude.
The participants said they themselves were late to meetings 5 percent of the time. The same study found that 37 percent of meetings started late.