When Job Performance is All Relative: How Family Motivation Energizes Effort and Compensates for Intrinsic Motivation

Autor: Andreas Wihler, Adam M. Grant, Danielle V. Tussing, Jochen I. Menges
Přispěvatelé: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, University of Zurich
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
1403 Business and International Management
Attitudes
Cognitions
and Affect
1400 General Business
Management and Accounting
Strategy and Management
Energy (esotericism)
050109 social psychology
Goal theory
10004 Department of Business Administration
Management of Technology and Innovation
0502 economics and business
1408 Strategy and Management
Work and family
1405 Management of Technology and Innovation
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Job design
roles
and tasks
Business and International Management
Self-determination theory
Motivation
05 social sciences
General Business
Management and Accounting
Organizational Behavior
330 Economics
Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations
Action (philosophy)
Prosocial behavior
Job performance
Organizational behavior
Job analysis
Psychology
Social psychology
050203 business & management
Zdroj: Academy of Management Journal. 60:695-719
ISSN: 1948-0989
0001-4273
Popis: Supporting one's family is a major reason why many people work, yet surprisingly little research has examined the implications of family motivation. Drawing on theories of prosocial motivation and action identification, we propose that family motivation increases job performance by enhancing energy and reducing stress, and it is especially important when intrinsic motivation is lacking. Survey and diary data collected across multiple time points in a Mexican maquiladora generally support our model. Specifically, we find that family motivation enhances job performance when intrinsic motivation is low—in part by providing energy, but not by reducing stress. We conclude that supporting a family provides a powerful source of motivation that can boost performance in the workplace, offering meaningful implications for research on motivation and the dynamics of work and family engagement.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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