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Effects of Work and Play Signals on Task Evaluation 1
Author(s) -
Sandelands Lloyd E.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1988.tb01191.x
Subject(s) - task (project management) , psychology , work (physics) , cognitive psychology , basis (linear algebra) , social psychology , management , mathematics , mechanical engineering , geometry , engineering , economics
An experiment was conducted to investigate how tasks are evaluated when signalled to be “work” or “play”. A simulation of managerial problem solving found that when a task was signalled as work it was evaluated primarily on the basis of information about its End, whereas when it was signalled as play it was evaluated primarily on the basis of information about its Means. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.