What to Do? The Effects of Discrepancies, Incentives, and Time on Dynamic Goal Prioritization

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 928-941

  Schmidt, Aaron M ^a   DeShon, Richard P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamic self regulation; goal framing; multiple goals; resource allocation; temporal factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL CONTROL; TIME;

COGNITION; GOALS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548853961     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.4.928     Document Type: Article

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