scholarly journals The effect of future time orientation on employees’ achievement motivation

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-38
Author(s):  
Helen Angelica ◽  
Winida Marpaung

The present study examines the role of organizational employees' future time orientation toward their achievement motivation. Using a cross-sectional design, the results of the present study showed that employees who possess a high degree of future time orientation were more likely to possess a higher degree of achievement motivation than participants with lower future time orientation. We discuss the importance and the importance of promoting future time orientation among organizational employees. Penelitian ini menelaah hubungan antara orientasi masa depan terhadap motivasi berprestasi karyawan organisasi. Dengan menggunakan desain cross-sectional, hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa karyawan yang memiliki derajat orientasi masa depan yang tinggi cenderung memiliki derajat motivasi berprestasi yang lebih tinggi daripada karyawan yang memiliki orientasi masa depan yang rendah. Diskusi kami fokuskan mengenai pentingnya orientasi masa depan pada karyawan dan bagaimana cara memotivasi karyawan untuk meraih prestasi yang diinginkan.

1996 ◽  
Vol 83 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1363-1374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tor Oskar Thomassen ◽  
Hallgeir Halvari

213 pupils ( M = 17.2 yr.) were tested on the motive to achieve success, the motive to avoid failure, future time orientation, perceived instrumentality of cognitive and physical tasks at school, and the involvement in sport competitions. Analysis shows a significant positive correlation between the scores on motive to achieve success and the amounts of competitive involvement in sport. Conversely, the motive to avoid failure was negatively correlated with the involvement in sport. Further, a positive significant correlation for the involvement in sport competitions with perceived instrumentality of physical or sport tasks at school appeared. The relations were similar for both girls and boys. An hypothetical model based on hierarchical regression of the data showed that all independent variables affected involvement in sport competitions directly or indirectly.


Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Jorge L. Ordóñez-Carrasco ◽  
Isabel Cuadrado-Guirado ◽  
Antonio J. Rojas-Tejada

Abstract. Background: According to the integrated motivational–volitional model of suicide, the perception of defeat and entrapment are the variables involved in the development of suicidal ideation. However, entrapment is not an inevitable consequence of feeling defeated. This transition is moderated by a set of variables relating to the ability to resolve the state of defeat. Aim: We aimed to study the potential moderating role of experiential avoidance in the relationship between defeat and entrapment in young adults. Method: A sample of 644 participants residing in Spain (51.2% female; Mage = 25.91, SDage = 5.14; range = 18–35 years old), selected by sex, age, and education level quotas, completed an online questionnaire consisting of: Defeat Scale; Entrapment Scale; and Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II; and other sociodemographic variables. Results: Defeat and experiential avoidance had a statistically significant effect on entrapment. The interaction variable (defeat × experiential avoidance) was also statistically significant according to a moderating effect. Limitations: Due to the cross-sectional design, we could not establish causal associations between the variables. Conclusion: People who experience a high degree of defeat and experiential avoidance are more likely to progress to a state of entrapment, being more vulnerable to having suicidal ideation.


1996 ◽  
Vol 78 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1379-1388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hallgeir Halvari

Achievement motives, future time orientation, and perceived instrumentality of theoretical subjects were investigated in relation to educational choice of general versus vocational studies at secondary school. Among 257 students, multivariate regression of educational choice showed that the higher the scores on the motive to achieve success, the lower the scores on the motive to avoid failure, and the higher the scores on perceived instrumentality, the more likely a student will be to choose general, i.e., mainly theoretical, studies at secondary school. No significant effect of future time orientation on educational choice occurred. The results are discussed in relation to achievement motivation theory, school attachment and achievement, and implications for reform of the school system.


2009 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 275-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunnar Bjørnebekk ◽  
Torgrim Gjesme

The present study combines Lykken's theory about the role of reward sensitivity and punishment insensitivity in the development of antisocial behavior with Gjesme's theory of future time orientation. 158 adolescents comprised a target group of 79 adolescents who had defined behavioral problems and a matched referential group of 79 adolescents who did not have notable behavioral problems. The results suggest that attributes related to primary psychopathy are associated with a relatively weak or hyporeactive behavioral inhibition system, behavioral approach reactivity, and low future time orientation. Moreover, attributes related to secondary psychopathy are related to an overly sensitive (hyper-reactive) behavioral approach system and low future time orientation. Robust positive associations for behavioral approach reactivity and low future time orientation with primary and secondary psychopathy suggest that high behavioral approach/low future time orientation may represent a core feature common to the two factors of psychopathy.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Ju ◽  
Jingjing Yao ◽  
Li Ma

PurposeJob involvement is an important predictor of how well employees perform and feel at work. However, despite fruitful findings, little is known about how person–job (P–J) fit affects job involvement.Design/methodology/approachThis study used a cross-sectional design and collected data from 375 employees and 50 managers. Multivariate regression was applied to test the moderated curvilinear model.FindingsThis study found an inverted U-shaped relationship between P–J fit and job involvement. For employees with a strong performance goal orientation, maximum job involvement occurred at a higher level of P–J fit, whereas for employees with a strong learning goal orientation, maximum job involvement occurred at a moderate level of P–J fit.Practical implicationsManagers should be aware that solely maximizing fit may not constantly yield positive outcomes, and that ignoring differences in employee needs and goals may be counterproductive.Originality/valueThe study challenges the conventional wisdom that a high P–J fit is always productive by showing that a high fit may sometimes jeopardize job involvement, particularly for certain employees.


Author(s):  
I A Putri Wirawati1 ◽  
Aryati Aryati ◽  
A A Wiradewi Lestari

Neonatal sepsis is a clinical syndrome of systemic disease, accompanied by bacteremia that occurs during infants in the first month of life. A late diagnosis might increase mortality. The presence of bacteria growth in blood cultures is a definitive diagnosis. Unfortunately, culture results are usually obtained of a long time. The study aimed to analyze sensitivity and specificity of the manual I/T ratio, automatic I/T ratio, leukocyte count and procalcitonin (PCT) to diagnose neonatal sepsis. This study used a cross-sectional design, from the NICU room in Sanglah General Hospital, Denpasar. There were 59 patients who met the study criteria. Along with blood culture as the gold standard in determining diagnosis of sepsis and with I/T ratio cut-off of 0.2, the sensitivity of manual I/T ratio was 69.2%, specificity 83.9%, PPV 63.9%, NPV 87% and likelihood ratio was 3.06. While the sensitivity of automatic I/T ratio was 47.6%, specificity 85.8%, PPV 55.1%, NPV 81.4% and likelihood ratio was 2.25. Based on the normal range of leukocyte count (9.1 - 34 x 103/μl), sensitivity of leukocyte count was 59%, specificity 71.5%, PPV 46.7%, NPV 80.9% and likelihood ratio was 1.59. With PCT cut-off 0.5 ng/mL, the obtained sensitivity of PCT was 64.3%, specificity 85.8%, PPV 64.3%, NPV 85.8% and likelihood ratio was 3.13. 


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Manuel Andrade Bella Méndez ◽  
Pedro Mora Andrey Ortiz ◽  
María Alejandra Pérez ◽  
Frangher Salas Juan Zambrano

  Los beneficios del apego temprano, diada madre e hijo al momento del nacimiento, se basan en una estrecha interrelación con incidencia sobre aspectos fisiológicos y psicológicos de ambos. El objetivo fue analizar los efectos del apego temprano en la evolución fisiológica y psicológica madre-hijo. El estudio fue aplicado, mixto, exploratorio y descriptivo, de diseño no experimental, de campo y transversal. El área de estudio fue el Ambulatorio Urbano Palo Gordo con un número de partos mensuales promedio de cuatro. También se aplicaron dos cuestionarios: Maternal Attachment Inventory (MAI) y Escala de Apego durante Estrés (ADS). Se evaluaron dos partos eutócicos, con recién nacidos masculino y femenino, con talla, peso, temperatura y Apgar normales. El contacto piel a piel fue inadecuado en ambos, con mejores tiempos el primero, lo que se reflejó en un exitoso proceso de lactancia materna exclusiva. El desarrollo psicomotor no presentó diferencias. Una de las diadas madre-hijo presentó un alto grado de vinculación afectiva y conductas relacionadas con un apego sano, mientras que la otra no.   Palabras clave: Apego temprano, evolución, madre, hijo.   Abstract The benefits of early attachment, mother and child dyad at birth, are based on a close interrelation with incidence on physiological and psychological aspects of both. The objective was to analyze the effects of early attachment on the mother-child physiological and psychological evolution. The study was applied, mixed, exploratory and descriptive, with a non-experimental, field and cross-sectional design. The study area was the Palo Gordo Urban Outpatient Clinic with an average number of monthly deliveries of four. Two questionnaires were also applied: Maternal Attachment Inventory (MAI) and Attachment Scale during Stress (ADS). Two eutocic deliveries were evaluated, with male and female newborns, with normal height, weight, temperature and Apgar. Skin-to-skin contact was inadequate in both, with better times the first, which was reflected in a successful process of exclusive breastfeeding. Psychomotor development did not show differences. One of the mother-child dyads presented a high degree of bonding and behaviors related to healthy attachment, while the other did not.   Keywords: Early attachment, evolution, mother, son


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-72
Author(s):  
Barr. Emmanuel Imuetinyan Obarisiagbon ◽  
Mannie Omagie

Abstract Kidnapping for ransom has been on the increase in the last ten years in Nigeria and there appears to be no end in sight despite the existence of a police force whose statutory function of crime detection and prevention has come under fire for its abysmal performance. This study therefore examined the public perception of the role of the Nigeria police force in curbing the menace of kidnapping in Benin Metropolis, Southern Nigeria. This study adopted the problem-oriented policing theory in its explanation of the topic under investigation. It also employed the survey and cross-sectional design. The quantitative technique was utilized to collect data from the respondents while a total of 960 respondents were quantitatively sampled. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the quantitative data collected from the field. Findings from this investigation showed that there is a very poor public perception of the police and that there are a multiplicity of obstacles hindering the efforts of the police at curbing the activities of kidnappers in Nigeria. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that government should improve the funding of the police to boost the morale of the rank and file while the police on its part should get rid of the bad elements within its system in order for public confidence to be restored in its ability.


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