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Can Small Details Bring Big Success? Construal Levels As Academic Goal Strategies, Christopher R. Deitrick
Can Small Details Bring Big Success? Construal Levels As Academic Goal Strategies, Christopher R. Deitrick
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
One avenue to help students reach educational goals is implementation intentions, a tool encouraging
planning the “when, where, and how” of goal-oriented actions (Gollwitzer, 1999). However,
implementation intentions need validating outside of the laboratory (Gollwitzer & Sheeran, 2006). To
help do so, they can be viewed through Construal-Level Theory (CLT), which explains why we may have
trouble setting intentions before we can fulfill them (Trope & Liberman 2010). A study was conducted
wherein 56 participants from a section of PSYC 330 either wrote about their college study habits or
completed implementation intentions preparing them to study for an upcoming exam. …
The Effects Of Incentive Pay Systems With Tiered Goals On Performance, Daniel B. Sundberg
The Effects Of Incentive Pay Systems With Tiered Goals On Performance, Daniel B. Sundberg
Dissertations
This study examined the relative effects of three incentive pay systems, piece-rate pay, threshold piece-rate pay, and bonus pay, on performance when individuals were given the same five-tiered performance goals. A fourth system, wage pay, served as a control. The task was a computerized simulation of a medical data entry job and the primary dependent variable was the number of correctly completed patient records. Sixty-six college students were randomly assigned to one of the four pay conditions, and attended one 60-minute covariate session and five 60-minute experimental sessions. Participants in the wage pay condition earned $6.50 per session; those in …
The Effects Of Tiered Goals And Bonus Pay On Performance, Jessica L. Urschel
The Effects Of Tiered Goals And Bonus Pay On Performance, Jessica L. Urschel
Dissertations
This study examined the relative effects of tiered goals, difficult goals, and moderate goals on performance when individuals earned bonus pay for goal achievement. The experimental design was a 3 x 2 mixed factorial design. Participants were 44 undergraduate students performing a computerized data entry task that simulated the job of a medical data entry clerk. For each session, participants were paid a $4 base salary plus bonus pay contingent on goal achievement. Participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 groups: a) a multiple, tiered goal level condition, in which participants earned $1 in bonus pay for achieving an …
Decreasing Bouts Of Prolonged Sitting Among Office Workers, Nicholas Green
Decreasing Bouts Of Prolonged Sitting Among Office Workers, Nicholas Green
Theses and Dissertations
Health care costs of preventable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes, and obesity are higher than ever, and indicate the need for behavioral interventions. Research has shown that individuals who sit for extended periods are at higher risk for these diseases. Moreover, the risks associated with sitting have been found to be independent of an individual’s physical activity. That is, longer durations of sitting per day are associated with higher levels of unwanted health risks, regardless of how often an individual exercises. There is a need to address this issue in today’s inactive workplace. Research indicates that office …
Linking Goal Perceptions To Employee Performance In The Public Sector : Assessing The Mediating Role Of Psychological Empowerment And The Moderating Role Of Work Context, Jaehee Jong
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
A substantial number of management and psychology studies have examined the positive effect of goal setting on organizational outcomes (Locke & Latham, 1990, 2002). Conceptually, goal setting theory is as applicable for motivating an employee in the public sector as it is for motivating an employee in the private sector (Latham, Borgogni, & Petitta, 2008). There have, however, been relatively few studies that have examined employee motivation as a linking mechanism between goal setting and employee performance in the context of public sector organizations (Perry, Mesch, & Paarlberg, 2006; Wright, 2001, 2004). In addition to suggesting the motivational mechanism underlying …