Situational Performance Constraints and Task Characteristics: Their Relationship to Motivation and Satisfaction
研究调查了情境绩效约束对员工动机和满意度的影响，发现高约束与负面情绪相关，但未削弱任务范围的作用，且约束的影响取决于个人对结果的控制感。
Peters and O'Connor (1980) have argued that the presence of situational performance constraints reduces motivation to perform, with an accompanying decrease in satisfaction. They have also argued that the presence of these constraints limits the influence of other motivational strategies designed to improve motivation and satisfaction. This survey research provides partial support for these hypotheses. The perceived existence of high constraints was found to be significantly related to negative affective reactions. However, the existence of high constraints failed to limit the effects of task scope on these outcomes. The indirect effect of constraints appeared to be more a function of whether respondents felt personally in control of relevant outcomes rather than merely a function of the perceived existence of constraints. Finally, as Peters and O'Connor have suggested, the perceived existence of constraints masked the influence of a relevant individual difference variable in this sample: As predicted, growth need strength moderated the task scope-outcome relationship only in the absence of high situational constraints.