Trouble Setting Your Savings Goals? The Moderating Effect of Religious Belief on Goal Pursuit

Jamel Khenfer, Aaron Kay, Elyette Roux () and Eric Tafani ()
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Jamel Khenfer: CERGAM - Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Gestion d'Aix-Marseille - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - UTLN - Université de Toulon, AMU IAE - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Aix-en-Provence - AMU - Aix Marseille Université
Aaron Kay: Duke University [Durham]
Elyette Roux: CERGAM - Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Gestion d'Aix-Marseille - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - UTLN - Université de Toulon, AMU IAE - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Aix-en-Provence - AMU - Aix Marseille Université
Eric Tafani: CERGAM - Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Gestion d'Aix-Marseille - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - UTLN - Université de Toulon, AMU IAE - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Aix-en-Provence - AMU - Aix Marseille Université

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Abstract: This research examines if, in the context of savings goals, the usual decrement in motivation that is observed when a goal is set with implementation concreteness, at its early stages, will dissipate when people are reminded of divine control.

Keywords: savings goal; God; religion; motivation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-07-08
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Published in International Congress of Applied Psychology, IAAP, Jul 2014, Paris, France

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