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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Goal value"”.
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THE EFFECT OF GOAL DISTANCE ON GOAL VALUE AND ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT
… costs are confounded with progress made toward a goal and hidden payoff information. Thus, the apparent escalation tendency may be a consequence of goal proximity and information search rather than of sunk costs. Experiments 1 and 2 show that individuals' tendencies to escalate reflect the …
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Determinants of Feedback-Seeking Behaviors
… the effects of the level of task difficulty, the value of the goal, and the amount of effort required to obtain feedback on the frequency of feedback-seeking behaviors (FSB). The design was a 2 (task difficulty) x 2 (goal value) x 2 (effort) x 3 (day) mixed model analysis of variance. Eighty …
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Can ideas activate behavior? A meta-analysis of the effects of a variety of conceptual priming objects and strategies on behavioral outcomes
… bias as well as the effects of moderators like goal expectancy (ease), filler tasks, goal value, and the directness of the association between prime and outcome. We estimated a mean of d = 0.4220 across 682 eligible effect sizes. Despite evidence of some publication bias, the trim and fill …
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Value chain analysis along the petroleum supply chain
… industry's products as well as the varied value of these products coupled with the global nature of the petroleum industry presents both challenges and opportunities within the petroleum supply chain. It is along this supply chain that challenges for creating value for the customer exist as …
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Not in the mood to achieve? Hedonistic discounting reduces the motivation to self-regulate
… affect theories as well as the Expectancy-Value model of achievement motivation (Atkinson, 1957; 1964), a novel prediction was formulated for how affective states can influence self-regulatory processes during goal-pursuit: the hedonistic discounting hypothesis. According to the hedonistic …