Feedback and the Rationing of Time and Effort Among Competing Tasks

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1076-1086

  Northcraft, Gregory B ^a   Schmidt, Aaron M ^b   Ashford, Susan J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Expectancies; Feedback; Multiple goals; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052850071     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023221     Document Type: Article

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