Load Effects on the Use of Strategy in Motivated Personnel
Abstract
While much research employs the concept of 'motivation' as a dependent or independent variable, motivation may be viewed in terms of a mediating variable as well. This is the approach taken in the present paper. The primary concern of this manuscript is with the effects of information load on performance in two quite different tasks. Load is, without question, a potential stressor. It is now well known that overload may diminish performance. However, underload, i.e., information deprivation, may also impair performance. Load and its potential stressor component would likely affect performance to a lesser degree it personnel performing a task were not motivated. Lack of motivation would likely have two quite separate effects: information input would not be taken as seriously, thereby diminishing the effective load level, and performance levels which would be relatively low would provide for lesser differences between diverse load effects (a ceiling effect).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 25, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADP000818
Entities
People
- Siegfried Streufert
Organizations
- Penn State College of Medicine