TY - JOUR
T1 - Cognitive evaluation theory
T2 - An experimental test of processes and outcomes
AU - Boal, Kimberly B.
AU - Cummings, L. L.
N1 - Funding Information:
motivation can be affected is a change in perceived locus of causality from internal to external. This will cause a decrease in intrinsic motivation, and will occur, under This research is based upon the first author's doctoral dissertation, Randall B. Dunham, Chairman, and was funded by a U.S. Department of Labor Doctoral Dissertation Grant 91-55-79-16. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Management, Detroit, Michigan, August 1980. The authors would like to thank Susan Ashford, Jane Dutton, and Lance Sandelands for their helpful comments on an earlier draft. Send reprint requests to: Dr. Kimberly B. Boal, Department of Business Administration, College of Business, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322.
PY - 1981/12
Y1 - 1981/12
N2 - Cognitive Evaluation Theory has been proposed as a viable theoretical framework for explaining the detrimental effects of performance contingent rewards on intrinsically motivated behaviors. A review of the literature suggested that this theory had not been adequately tested. A field experiment was undertaken to do this. The results did not support the theory.
AB - Cognitive Evaluation Theory has been proposed as a viable theoretical framework for explaining the detrimental effects of performance contingent rewards on intrinsically motivated behaviors. A review of the literature suggested that this theory had not been adequately tested. A field experiment was undertaken to do this. The results did not support the theory.
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U2 - 10.1016/0030-5073(81)90001-5
DO - 10.1016/0030-5073(81)90001-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000663854
SN - 0030-5073
VL - 28
SP - 289
EP - 310
JO - Organizational Behavior and Human Performance
JF - Organizational Behavior and Human Performance
IS - 3
ER -