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 organizations proposed by Naylor, Pritchard, and Ilgen (1980), judgments of contingent relations are primary components. Tversky and Kahneman (1974) and others have demonstrated that judgments are often made using heuristic decision processes. The characteristics of heuristic judgment processes were hypothesized to affect contingency judgments and thus allocations of time and effort.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Switzer, Fred Smith, III

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hulin, Charles

• Business Administration, Management
• Psychology, Industrial

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8908862

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69722