Examining the Effects of Horizontal Conflict in Regulatory Fit Theory in the Context of Performance Feedback

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dc.contributor.authorMiller, Andrewen
dc.contributor.committeechairHauenstein, Neil M. A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFoti, Roseanne J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDeater-Deckard, Kirbyen
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-13T19:43:50Zen
dc.date.adate2014-04-17en
dc.date.available2017-06-13T19:43:50Zen
dc.date.issued2013-12-11en
dc.date.rdate2014-04-17en
dc.date.sdate2014-02-05en
dc.description.abstractThis study extends Regulatory Fit Theory (Higgins, 2000) to examine horizontal regulatory fit (Scholer & Higgins, 2010) in the context of performance feedback. Participants completed the Regulatory Focus Questionnaire (Higgins et al., 2001) to measure their chronic motivational orientation, then worked on an adapted version of an in-basket task (Holmes & Hauenstein, 2012) across two sessions. Hypotheses predicted that compared to instances of non-fit, conditions of regulatory fit between chronic and situational and motivational orientations (Promotion vs. Prevention) would have a significantly greater impact on the following three outcomes: 1) Variety and Frequency of Feedback Use, 2) Feedback Recall, and 3) Attitudes toward both Feedback and the In-basket Task. Overall results supported this assertion. Participants in condition of regulatory fit engaged in a significantly greater variety of behaviors and did so more frequently than those in non-fit conditions. Additionally, participants in regulatory fit conditions had stronger positive attitudes toward feedback than those in non-fit conditions. Counter to previous research, regulatory fit did not have significant impact on feedback recall in the current study, nor did regulatory fit have a significant impact on the attitudes toward in-basket task.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-02052014-115713en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02052014-115713/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/78090en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectPerformance Feedbacken
dc.subjectRegulatory Fiten
dc.subjectHorizontal Regulatory Fiten
dc.subjectRegulatory Focusen
dc.subjectChronic Regulatory Focusen
dc.subjectSelf-Regulationen
dc.subjectMotivationen
dc.subjectPerformance Appraisalen
dc.titleExamining the Effects of Horizontal Conflict in Regulatory Fit Theory in the Context of Performance Feedbacken
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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