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Self-Regulation through Goal Setting
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Koch Nafziger, Julia |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | Self-Regulation through Goal Setting Goals are an important source of motivation. But little is known about why and how people set them. We address these questions in a model based on two stylized facts from psychology and behavioral economics: i) Goals serve as reference points for performance. ii) Present-biased preferences create self-control problems. We show how goals permit selfregulation, but also that they are painful self-disciplining devices. Greater self-control problems therefore lead to stronger self-regulation through goals only up to a certain point. For severely present-biased preferences, the required goal for self-regulation is too painful and the individual rather gives up. JEL Classification: A12, C70, D91 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/35341/1/589743708.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://mit.econ.au.dk/vip_htm/akoch/goals.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Accidental Falls Appendix Document completion status - Documented Emoticon Goal! Two Homeostasis Mental Suffering Offset binary Population Parameter Self-control as a personality trait Singular value decomposition hemoglobin A(0) physical hard work |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
