Regulatory focus and strategic inclinations: promotion and prevention in decision-making
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The prevention focus in the decision-making process emphasizes responsibility, safety and security factors. The promotion focus in the decision-making process concentrates on accomplishment, growth and advancement. Regulatory focus, when independent of valence, can affect decision patterns or strategies related to problem solving and the performance of tasks.
Publication Name: Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0749-5978
Year: 1997
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Regulatory focus theory: implications for the study of emotions at work
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A brief overview of regulatory focus theory is presented and research is included showing how people's regulatory focus influences emotions at work.
Publication Name: Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0749-5978
Year: 2001
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