Belief in stable and fleeting luck and achievement motivation

Young, Maia J.; Chen, Ning; Morris, Michael W.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009.02.009

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“…It follows that if individual agency is bolstered, people's propensity for superstitions would decrease. As discussed before, in Western cultures belief in stable luck can enhance individual agency (Young et al, 2009) which then may render superstitions unnecessary.The relationship between belief in stable luck, agency belief, and superstitious behaviors likely differs in Asian cultures. As discussed before, Asians who believe they are lucky may tend to have a sense of collective agency -a belief that social collectives can help them to obtain their desired outcomes (Spector, Sanchez, Siu, Salgado, & Ma, 2004).…”

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The Relationship Between Belief in Stable Luck and a Propensity for Superstition: The Influence of Culturally Conferred Agency Beliefs

Chen

Young

2018

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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Superstition is known to be positively associated with the belief in luck. However, prior research that has demonstrated the link between luck belief and superstition has not distinguished between two different types of luck beliefs—stable luck and fleeting luck—and their concomitant relationships with agency beliefs and superstition, as those vary by culture. The current research focused on the belief in stable luck and investigated the relationship between this belief and the propensity for superstition among Asians and Americans (Study 1) or Asian Americans and non–Asian Americans (Study 2). We found that belief in stable luck is positively associated with the propensity for superstition among Asians (Study 1) and Asian Americans (Study 2) but not among individuals without Asian cultural background. Furthermore, belief in collective agency mediated the effect of stable luck on superstition, but again, only for Asians (Study 3). The implications of these findings for the study of culture are discussed.

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The Relationship Between Belief in Stable Luck and a Propensity for Superstition: The Influence of Culturally Conferred Agency Beliefs

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Young

2018

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“…[18] Achievement motivation is the striving to increase or to keep as high as possible, one's own capabilities in all activities in which a standard of excellence is thought to apply and where the execution of such activities can, therefore either succeed or fail. [2] Findings of the present study reveals that more than three quarters of nurses have achievement motivation, the total mean score of motivation to achieve success was 77.8 ± 9.6, the highest percent of nurses who have motivation to achieve success were agreed about that they do as much time as possible in order to improve their abilities in the field of specialty, followed by who were agreed about.…”

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“…The AMS is a 3-point Likert-type format. A positive content indicates the motive to achieve success (MS) statements from (1-15), while a negative content indicates the motive to avoid failure (MF) statements from (16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26).…”

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Achievement motivation and its relation to nurses’ decision making believes, ability, and job burnout at obstetric and gynecological departments

Sayed

Ali

2017

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Objective: Challenges in todays' work environment require professional competent nurses not only educated well but being creative, have a desire to achieve success, able to work under pressure, and accomplish the organizational and personal goals. Aim of the study: The study was aimed at assessing nurses' achievement motivation and its relation to their decision making beliefs, ability, and job burnout at obstetrics and gynecological departments. Methods: Setting: This study was conducted in Port Said governorate, Egypt. Design: A descriptive co-relational research design was used. Subjects: Consisted of all staff nurses working in all obstetric and gynecologic departments affiliated to ministry of health, with a total number of 75 nurse. Tools: Achievement Motivation Scale (AMS), decision making beliefs, decision making ability questionnaire, and job burnout scale. Results: The study revealed that nurses' age ranged between 22 and 60 years. The majority of nurses were holding a nursing diploma. More than three quarters of nurses have achievement motivation and having well beliefs about decision making. The total mean score for decision making ability was 74.2 ± 7.3. Nearly half of nurses evaluated in this study have burnout. Conclusions: A significant correlation between achievement motivation and decision making ability while no statistically significant correlation was detected between achievement motivation and both of decision making beliefs and total score of job burnout. Recommendations: Strategies for the preservation and promotion of achievement motivation is very important. In addition, this study recommended in the different nursing departments to identify and influence achievement motivation among nursing staff.

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“…By tackling both fate and astrology in a single research framework, this research also adds to a growing body of research on irrational factors in the marketplace (Argo, Dahl, and Morales 2008;Chan et al 2009;Kramer and Block 2008;Young et al 2009). Although most Americans would likely deny that they are irrational, our findings highlight that such beliefs deeply impact their everyday decision making.…”

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The Interactive Effect of Beliefs in Malleable Fate and Fateful Predictions on Choice

Kim

Kulow²,

Krämer

2014

J Consum Res

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Belief in stable and fleeting luck and achievement motivation

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The Relationship Between Belief in Stable Luck and a Propensity for Superstition: The Influence of Culturally Conferred Agency Beliefs

The Relationship Between Belief in Stable Luck and a Propensity for Superstition: The Influence of Culturally Conferred Agency Beliefs

Achievement motivation and its relation to nurses’ decision making believes, ability, and job burnout at obstetric and gynecological departments

The Interactive Effect of Beliefs in Malleable Fate and Fateful Predictions on Choice

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