Journal article
Does Self-Regulation Require Cognitive Resources? Evaluation of Resource Allocation Models of Goal Setting
Journal of applied psychology, Vol.81(5), pp.595-608
10/01/1996
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.81.5.595
PMID: 8896382
Abstract
The resource allocation model of goal setting (
R. Kanfer & P. L. Ackerman, 1989
)
maintains that self-regulation initiated through goal setting requires attentional resources that could be more productively applied to skill acquisition and complex task performance. The current study questioned this hypothesis because attentional resources had not been directly manipulated or measured in studies supporting the model. Thus, alternative explanations that are based on other complex task goal-setting models cannot be excluded. As a direct test of the resource allocation hypothesis, dual task methodology was used to measure the attentional resource requirements of self-regulation. Even at the limits of human information processing, participants who were assigned difficult, specific goals performed at least as well on the secondary task as did individuals with do-your-best goals. These findings suggest that self-regulation does not necessarily require attentional resources. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Does Self-Regulation Require Cognitive Resources? Evaluation of Resource Allocation Models of Goal Setting
- Creators
- Richard P DeShon - Michigan State UniversityKenneth G Brown - Michigan State UniversityJennifer L Greenis - Michigan State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of applied psychology, Vol.81(5), pp.595-608
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- DOI
- 10.1037/0021-9010.81.5.595
- PMID
- 8896382
- ISSN
- 0021-9010
- eISSN
- 1939-1854
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/01/1996
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship ; Educational Policy and Leadership Studies; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984371101602771
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