TY - JOUR
AU - Dahl, James G.
AB - Expectancy–valence (EV) theory has often been used as a model for understanding goal setting. The authors attempt to further distinguish within-person from across-persons uses of EV theory concepts in the goal-setting literature and present a within-person empirical test. The key element of the approach examined here is that an assigned goal's initial effect is on the patterns formed across levels of potential task performance by a person's judgments of expectancy, valence, and motivational force (i.e., performance–expectancy, performance–valence, and performance-motivational force functions). By examining these functions, the authors make available more detailed information regarding the motivational effects of assigned goals.
TI - Expectancy, Valence, and Motivational Force Functions in Goal-Setting Research: An Empirical Test
JF - Journal of Applied Psychology
DO - 10.1037/0021-9010.78.3.361
DA - 1993-06-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/expectancy-valence-and-motivational-force-functions-in-goal-setting-TCF6ZVzDbq
SP - 361
EP - 373
VL - 78
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -