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Impact and the art of motivation maintenance : The effects of contact with beneficiaries on persistence behavior
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In this paper, a longitudinal field experiment in a fundraising organization, callers in an intervention group briefly interacted with a beneficiary; caller in two control groups read a letter from the beneficiary and discussed it amongst themselves or had no exposure to him, and the intervention group displayed significantly greater persistence and job performance than the control groups.About:
This article is published in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.The article was published on 2007-05-01. It has received 420 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Work motivation & Job performance.read more
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The dynamics of proactivity at work
Adam M. Grant,Susan J. Ashford +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors develop a framework designed to generalize across specific manifestations of proactivity, describing the nature, dimensions, situational antecedents, psychological mechanisms, dispositional moderators, and consequences of proactive behavior.
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Relational Job Design and the Motivation to Make a Prosocial Difference
TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce a model of relational job design to describe how jobs spark the motivation to make a prosocial difference, and how this motivation affects employees' actions and identities.
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On the meaning of work: A theoretical integration and review
TL;DR: The meaning of work literature is the product of a long tradition of rich inquiry spanning many disciplines as discussed by the authors, and the field lacks overarching structures that would facilitate greater integration, consistency, and understanding of this body of research.
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Does intrinsic motivation fuel the prosocial fire? Motivational synergy in predicting persistence, performance, and productivity.
TL;DR: Self-determination theory is drawn on, proposing that prosocial motivation is most likely to predict these outcomes when it is accompanied by intrinsic motivation, and two field studies support the hypothesis that intrinsic motivation moderates the association between Prosocial motivation and persistence, performance, and productivity.
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Bad Apples, Bad Cases, and Bad Barrels: Meta-Analytic Evidence About Sources of Unethical Decisions at Work
TL;DR: This meta-analysis draws from over 30 years of research and multiple literatures to examine individual, moral issue, and organizational environment antecedents of unethical choice, providing empirical support for several foundational theories and painting a clearer picture of relationships characterized by mixed results.
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The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.
Reuben M. Baron,David A. Kenny +1 more
TL;DR: This article seeks to make theorists and researchers aware of the importance of not using the terms moderator and mediator interchangeably by carefully elaborating the many ways in which moderators and mediators differ, and delineates the conceptual and strategic implications of making use of such distinctions with regard to a wide range of phenomena.
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Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control
TL;DR: SelfSelf-Efficacy (SE) as discussed by the authors is a well-known concept in human behavior, which is defined as "belief in one's capabilities to organize and execute the courses of action required to produce given attainments".
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Self-efficacy: toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.
TL;DR: An integrative theoretical framework to explain and to predict psychological changes achieved by different modes of treatment is presented and findings are reported from microanalyses of enactive, vicarious, and emotive mode of treatment that support the hypothesized relationship between perceived self-efficacy and behavioral changes.
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Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change☆☆☆
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an integrative theoretical framework to explain and predict psychological changes achieved by different modes of treatment, including enactive, vicarious, exhortative, and emotive sources.
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