The Long Shadow of Rivalry: Rivalry Motivates Performance Today and Tomorrow
| Autor: | Adam D. Galinsky, Gavin J. Kilduff, Brian E Pike |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male Competitive Behavior Head to head 050109 social psychology Athletic Performance Affect (psychology) Competition (economics) Young Adult 0502 economics and business Humans Interpersonal Relations 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Positive economics Interpersonal interaction Rivalry Goal setting General Psychology Shadow (psychology) Motivation 05 social sciences Open data Psychology 050203 business & management Follow-Up Studies Sports |
| Zdroj: | Psychological Science. 29:804-813 |
| ISSN: | 1467-9280 0956-7976 |
| Popis: | Research has established that competing head to head against a rival boosts motivation and performance. The present research investigated whether rivalry can affect performance over time and in contests without rivals. We examined the long-term effects of rivalry through archival analyses of postseason performance in multiple high-stakes sports contexts: National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Men’s Basketball and the major U.S. professional sports leagues: National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), and National Hockey League (NHL). Econometric analyses revealed that postseason performance of a focal team’s rival in year N predicted that focal team’s postseason performance in year N + 1. Follow-up analyses suggested that the performance boost was especially pronounced when one’s rival won the previous tournament. These results establish that rivalry has a long shadow: A rival team’s success exerts such a powerful motivational force that it drives performance outside of direct competition with one’s rival and even after a significant delay. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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