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This research aims to explore how performance incentives and commitment to goals influence individual performance in organizational settings.

Performance in a Budget-Based Control System: An Extended Expectancy Theory Model Approach.

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Randomized trial investigates performance incentives and goal commitment in individuals, suggesting enhanced performance through high commitment.

This research aims to explore how performance incentives and commitment to goals influence individual performance in organizational settings.
Formulated an extended expectancy model to evaluate motivation's impact on performance.
Conducted a laboratory experiment with student subjects playing a business game.
Assessed the relationships between motivation, goal commitment, and individual performance outcomes.
The study supports the extended expectancy model, showing that commitment to performance goals significantly influences effort and persistence.
Findings indicate that subordinate performance is maximized when challenging objectives are combined with strong goal commitment.

Leslie Kren (1990) studied this question.

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Randomized trial investigates performance incentives and goal commitment in individuals, suggesting enhanced performance through high commitment.