Leveraging motivational principles to become a successful researcher

Steve M. Jex and Thomas W. Britt

Chapter 26 in How to Conduct and Publish High-Quality Research in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, 2025, pp 393-408 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Abstract: Compared to other fields, researchers in I-O Psychology and Organizational Behavior are fortunate in that they have several useful work motivation theories to guide their pursuit of research success. In this chapter we review a number of these motivation theories and tie them to behaviors that we believe ultimately lead to a successful research career. We begin the chapter by discussing some of our own views regarding research success. We then describe three general principles—a motivating work environment, developing effective work habits, and developing collaborative relationships—that are all related to research success and can be tied to work motivation theories. We conclude with a set of specific recommendations, organized by stages of the research process, for increasing research success.

Keywords: Goal setting; Self-management; Job autonomy; Proactivity; Research collaboration; Research productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035307739
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.elgaronline.com/doi/10.4337/9781035307746.00037 (application/pdf)
Our link check indicates that this URL is bad, the error code is: 403 Forbidden

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:elg:eechap:22114_26

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.e-elgar.com

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Chapters from Edward Elgar Publishing
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Jack Sweeney ().