Motivation has long been considered an important predictor of academic achievement, yet the mechanisms through which motivation translates into achievement remain insufficiently understood. This dissertation examines the motivation–achievement cycle, with particular attention to the mediating role of effort. The centra...
University students face increasing academic and emotional demands that make psychological well-being and academic success key concerns for higher education institutions. This study examines how positive affect contributes to academic performance through the mediation of personal resources and academic engagement. Draw...
Richard Merhi Auar, Miguel Bernabé Castaño, Ángeles Sánchez-Elvira-Paniagua et al.· Current Psychology· 0 citations
Drawing on five of Hofstede's national cultural dimensions and large-scale data from over 60 countries (PISA 2012 mathematics; PISA 2015 science), this study conducts a country-level comparative analysis to examine whether national cultural profiles predict cross-national variation in adolescent autonomous motivation t...
Jungwon Kim· European Journal of Psycholo...· 0 citations
To shed new light on the nature and influence of high-performance work systems (HPWS), this study investigates the relationships between ability-, motivation- and opportunity-enhancing (AMO) bundles of HPWS and employee psychological well-being - measured as work engagement–via two psychological pathways: employee...
Evgeniya Balabanova, A. Koveshnikov, Mats Ehrnrooth· Employee Relations: The Inte...· 0 citations
A differentiated understanding of the motivational trajectories of international students in Germany is crucial to support their study success. Drawing on the Situated Expectancy-Value Theory (SEVT), we investigated the development of international students’ expectations and value beliefs over the study course. We also...
Judith Sarah Preuß, Julia Zimmermann, K. Jonkmann· Social Psychology of Educati...· 0 citations
Purpose: This study examines the impact of human resources management (HRM) systems on attitudinal outcomes in Spain, comparing the predictive capacity of two alternative individual-level models (additive and multiplicative) with a focus on job satisfaction.Design/methodology/approach: The analysis draws on data from t...
Juan Martinez-Tomas, J. Marin-Garcia· Intangible Capital· 0 citations