TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence and prediction of positive discrepancy creation
T2 - Examining a discrepancy between two self-regulation theories
AU - Phillips, Jean M.
AU - Hollenbeck, John R.
AU - Ilgen, Daniel R.
PY - 1996/10
Y1 - 1996/10
N2 - The conflicting perspectives of control theory (CT) and self-efficacy theory (SET) concerning positive discrepancy creation (PDC) were tested and are discussed. According to CT, discrepancies between past performance and future goals are continually reduced. This is contrary to SET's focus on setting future goals higher than past performance levels. Participants performed several trials in a multitask environment, during which they did as many or as few problems as they chose on each of 4 intellectual tasks. Results suggest that PDC is not uncommon in a multitask environment, even after extensive task experience. Regression decomposition techniques identified 2 types of PDC: goal driven and performance driven. Need for achievement, instrumentality, and expectancy predicted the 2 types of PDC with varying success across the 4 tasks. The 2 types of PDC reflect the different theoretical approaches and these 2 self-regulation.
AB - The conflicting perspectives of control theory (CT) and self-efficacy theory (SET) concerning positive discrepancy creation (PDC) were tested and are discussed. According to CT, discrepancies between past performance and future goals are continually reduced. This is contrary to SET's focus on setting future goals higher than past performance levels. Participants performed several trials in a multitask environment, during which they did as many or as few problems as they chose on each of 4 intellectual tasks. Results suggest that PDC is not uncommon in a multitask environment, even after extensive task experience. Regression decomposition techniques identified 2 types of PDC: goal driven and performance driven. Need for achievement, instrumentality, and expectancy predicted the 2 types of PDC with varying success across the 4 tasks. The 2 types of PDC reflect the different theoretical approaches and these 2 self-regulation.
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U2 - 10.1037/0021-9010.81.5.498
DO - 10.1037/0021-9010.81.5.498
M3 - Article
C2 - 8896381
AN - SCOPUS:85047673959
SN - 0021-9010
VL - 81
SP - 498
EP - 511
JO - Journal of Applied Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Psychology
IS - 5
ER -