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Task type as a moderator of positive/negative feedback effects on motivation and performance: A regulatory focus perspective
Abstract
Applying Higgins' regulatory focus theory, we hypothesized that the effect of positive/negative feedback on motivation and performance is moderated by task type, which is argued to be an antecedent to situational regulatory focus (promotion or prevention). Thus, first we demonstrated that some tasks (e.g., tasks requiring creativity) are perceived as promotion tasks, whereas others (e.g., those requiring vigilance and attention to detail) are perceived as prevention tasks. Second, as expected, our tests in two studies of the moderation hypothesis showed that positive feedback increased self‐reported motivation (meta‐analysis across samples: N = 315, d = 0.43) and actual performance (N = 55, d = 0.67) among people working on promotion tasks, relative to negative feedback. Positive feedback, however, decreased motivation (N = 318, d = −0.33) and performance (N = 55, d = −0.37) among individuals working on prevention tasks, relative to negative feedback. These findings suggest that (a) performance of different tasks can affect regulatory focus and (b) variability in positive/negative feedback effects can be partially explained by regulatory focus and task type. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Van Dijk, D., & Kluger, A. N.
- Venue
- Journal of Organizational Behavior
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2010-09-07
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1084-1105
- ISSN
- 0894-3796 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-1379
- OpenAlex
- W2022923524
- Cited by
- 275
- References
- 14
- FWCI
- 5.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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