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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Task motivation"”.
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The Influence of Feedback Interventions on Attention to Task-Motivation and Meta-Task Processes: An Examination of Feedback Intervention Theory
… and DeNisi (1996). The hierarchy consists of task details, task motivation (general task), or meta-task processes (attention to "self"). Feedback designed to initiate different level of processing was manipulated and performance on a typing task was measured. The relationship between the …
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Japanese University Students’ L2 Communication Frequency in Positive Classroom Climate
… state L2 communicative confidence, L2 learning motivation, positive classroom climate, L2 WTC, with the newly added variable of actual speaking frequency. A hypothesized structural model was examined in two contexts, WTC inside the classroom and WTC outside the classroom. Inside the classroom, …
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Judgment Processes in Motivation: Anchoring and Adjustment Effects on Judgment and Behavior
Task motivation (i.e., the allocation of time and effort to a task) is an important behavioral domain that has received little attention from judgment and decision making researchers. However, in several theories of motivation, including expectancy theories and the theory of behavior in …
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Know Thyself: Misperceptions of Actual Performance Undermine Subjective Well-Being, Future Performance, and Achievement Motivation
… assumption that self-enhancement improves task motivation and future performance, I propose that both inflated or deflated self-assessments of performance are linked to an increased likelihood of practicing self-handicapping and having relatively poor performance in future tasks. Consistent …
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Know thyself: Misperceptions of actual performance undermine subjective well-being, future performance and achievement motivation
… assumption that self-enhancement improves task motivation and future performance, I propose that both inflated or deflated self-assessments of performance are linked to an increased likelihood of practicing self-handicapping and having relatively poor performance in future tasks. Consistent …
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What influence does a coach have on motivational climate? An investigation into university level football
Motivational climate is often referred to as the environmental status of sport which impacts one’s motivation levels. This study set out to bring light to player and coach perceptions of the influence a coach has on motivational climate to ultimately advance knowledge on motivational climate within …
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Profile of an effective engineering manager at the Naval Avionics Center
… sensitivity along with administrative skill in task management. In contrast, intrinsic task motivation, job satisfaction and positive group climate were more strongly related to behaviors representing the management of external interfaces, building cooperative teamwork and the assignment of task …
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Apparel Textile Design Process as Related to Creativity
… skills, creative-revelant skills, and task motivation) were used to examine and discuss the creativity of the weaver and the costume designer. It was found that the design process acted as a framework, and creativity allowed for the generation of new ideas and outcomes in the designer's …
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The effects of rewarding on first and second grade children's computer task performance according to classroom rewarding experiences
Intrinsic motivation, the preferred facilitator of performance, may be a relatively stable trait or specific to a given task. This study compared the computer task performances of 207 children in two schools, on the basis of their teachers' reward practices and the experimental reward conditions. …
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Motivational modulation of on-line attention control processes
… subdisciplines of psychology--cognition and motivation--in order to explore how motivational processes interact on-line with cognitive mechanisms in directing human behaviour and performance. A series of five experiments were conducted in which the Rogers and Monsell (1995) task switching …
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Exploring the factors affecting employee motivation to be innovative on product development: A case study for Woolworths South Africa
… of human preferences, needs and wants. Motivation to innovate must be understood when marketers aim for business success. Business success is seen in customer satisfaction and employee performance. The starting point for success is the miraculous ideas of employees. These ideas can be …
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The other-race effect in face recognition: Perceptual, social-psychological and development insights
… specific questions are addressed: whether social-motivation or perceptual experience (contact) contributes to the ORE; and whether plasticity of face recognition for face subtypes (specific races) is greater in childhood than in adulthood. My first empirical paper (Chapter 3) investigates the ORE …
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The other-race effect in face recognition: Perceptual, social-psychological and development insights
… specific questions are addressed: whether social-motivation or perceptual experience (contact) contributes to the ORE; and whether plasticity of face recognition for face subtypes (specific races) is greater in childhood than in adulthood. My first empirical paper (Chapter 3) investigates the ORE …