Do Behavioral Observations Make People Catch the Goal? A Meta-Analysis on Goal Contagion

Brohmer, Hilmar; Eckerstorfer, Lisa V.; Aert, Robbie C. M. van; Corcoran, Katja

doi:10.5334/irsp.428

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“…It refers to the automatic adoption and pursuit of the perceived goals of others (Aarts et al, 2004). The phenomenon of goal contagion is unconscious and spontaneous; that is, the individual's speculation about another's goal is unconscious, and the individual puts the other's goal into his or her own action spontaneously (Aarts et al, 2008; Brohmer et al, 2021). In fact, applying goal contagion theory to real‐life educational contexts can explain the existence of motivation contagion between teachers and students.…”

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The influence of teachers' intrinsic motivation on students' intrinsic motivation: The mediating role of teachers' motivating style and teacher‐student relationships

Yao

Zhang

et al. 2023

Psychology in the Schools

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Teachers' intrinsic motivation for teaching and students' intrinsic motivation for learning are important contributors to effective teaching and learning, and exploring their relationships and influencing mechanisms can clarify the path to promote teachers' professional development and students' overall growth. In our study, 44 secondary school teachers and 2461 secondary school students completed questionnaires, and a multilevel structural equation model was used to explore the influence of teachers' intrinsic motivation for teaching on students' intrinsic motivation for learning and the mediating role of teachers' motivating style and teacher‐student relationships. The results showed that (1) teachers' intrinsic motivation for teaching was significantly positively correlated with students' intrinsic motivation for learning, and the former had a significant direct effect on the latter; (2) teachers' autonomy‐supporting motivating style, positive teacher‐student relationships, and negative teacher‐student relationships played mediating roles between teachers' intrinsic motivation for teaching and students' intrinsic motivation for learning; and (3) teachers' motivating style and teacher‐student relationships played a chained mediating role between teachers' intrinsic motivation for teaching and students' intrinsic motivation for learning.

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Section: Literature Review and Theoretical Basismentioning

confidence: 99%

The influence of teachers' intrinsic motivation on students' intrinsic motivation: The mediating role of teachers' motivating style and teacher‐student relationships

Yao

Zhang

et al. 2023

Psychology in the Schools

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“…Similar trends were found in four meta-studies that explored differences in results reported in registered reports with the results in standard literature. For instance, Brohmer et al 2021 43 found that published studies reported larger effects (g = 0.42) than unpublished studies and published registered reports (g =-0.01).…”

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Nat Ecol Evol

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“…However, people do not adopt perceived goals under all circumstances (Corcoran et al , 2020; Brohmer et al , 2021). Several factors have been identified that weaken or strengthen a goal contagion process.…”

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Organizational practices as drivers of societal change: contextual spillover effects of environmental management on employees’ public sphere pro-environmental behavior

Jaich

Jastram

Blind

2022

SAMPJ

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Purpose This study aims to draw on goal contagion theory to examine how organizations shape the pro-environmental behavior of their employees. It extends the scope of analysis beyond organizational boundaries and illustrates the external effects of organizational practices that support societal change. The fundamental research question is whether perceived environmental management practices strengthen employees’ public sphere pro-environmental behavior. Design/methodology/approach To test the research hypothesis, the authors combined survey and quasi-experimental evidence from two independent field studies. Both studies were carried out in the tourist industry in Germany. In the first study, the authors used a cross-sectional research design with data from 206 employees to examine whether perceived environmental management practices are positively associated with employees’ public sphere pro-environmental behavior. For causal inference, the authors conducted a second study involving a natural pretest-posttest quasi-experiment with a treatment and control group. Findings The results of the cross-sectional study revealed that perceived environmental management practices are positively associated with employees’ public sphere pro-environmental behavior. The findings of the natural quasi-experiment confirmed the hypothesized causation and minimized the probability of alternative explanations. Practical implications The study has important implications for policymakers, since the support and acceptance of public policies is a prerequisite for the realization of collective political action. By highlighting the potential of organizational practices to strengthen employees’ public sphere pro-environmental behavior, this research illustrates how rules and regulations that oblige firms to intensify their environmental protection practices might not only reduce the ecological footprint of organizations but also help cultivate societal acceptance of and support for environmental protection. Social implications This study illustrates how employees that align their normative goals in accordance with the implicit goals of organizational practices can become agents for corresponding societal changes. This perspective highlights the integration of structure and agency and underscores the idea that societal change works across macro-, meso- and micro-social levels. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the investigation is the first that examines the relationship between perceived environmental management practices and employees’ public sphere pro-environmental behavior. Herewith, it sheds light on a thus far overlooked mechanism for how organizations stimulate societal change.

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Do Behavioral Observations Make People Catch the Goal? A Meta-Analysis on Goal Contagion

Cited by 5 publications

References 65 publications

The influence of teachers' intrinsic motivation on students' intrinsic motivation: The mediating role of teachers' motivating style and teacher‐student relationships

The influence of teachers' intrinsic motivation on students' intrinsic motivation: The mediating role of teachers' motivating style and teacher‐student relationships

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Organizational practices as drivers of societal change: contextual spillover effects of environmental management on employees’ public sphere pro-environmental behavior

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