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L L Cummings

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PubMed1997

A test of the influence of goal orientation on the feedback-seeking process.

A longitudinal field study (N = 44) and a scenario study (N = 239) were conducted to investigate the influence of the individual difference of goal orientation (an orientation toward developing or demonstrating one's ability) on feedback-seeking behavior by the inquiry method. The results of the 2 studies were consistent with the hypotheses of a positive relationship between a learning-goal orientation and feedback seeking and of a negative relationship between a performance-goal orientation and feedback seeking. Also as hypothesized, the perceived cost and perceived value of feedback seeking mediated these relationships. The theoretical and practical implications of the research are discussed.

Adult↗
PubMed1995

Stress and organizational role conflict.

In this study the research on role conflict and coping is integrated with more traditional lines of stress research. It is argued that, because role stress is generated by certain characteristics of a person's environment, coping with role stress is likely to be directed toward those environmental characteristics. The literatures on stress, role conflict, and coping are reviewed. The following conclusions are theorized: (a) The relation between role conflict and role stress is moderated by the strain existing within a person's social network; (b) this strain is produced by two factors, the perceived power of the role sender and the importance of the sender's expectations to the focal person; (c) the relation between role stress and role distress (felt emotional discomfort) is moderated by several personality characteristics; (d) the relation between role distress and coping (actual behavior aimed at reducing distress) is moderated by both individual-level and situational-level factors; (e) the relation between coping and strain can be reciprocal. The need for longitudinal, reciprocal studies of stress, distress, and coping, and for occupationally, and even organizationally, specific models of stress, is also emphasized (Bacharach & Bamberger, 1992).

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1986

Perceived speed of time and task affect.

Task satisfaction is hypothesized to be a function of the perceived speed of time passage while performing a task. Perceived speed of time passage is manipulated both as an internal state (arousal) and as an environmental context (pattern of background rhythm). The results of an experiment (N = 80) support the hypothesis and are interpreted through an implicit model of task satisfaction, i.e., events that seem to occur quickly are perceived as pleasing. The theoretical implications of the findings are contrasted with other frameworks of explanation of task satisfaction.

Arousal↗