Social Comparison and Performance: Evidence from a Randomised Workplace Experiment

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
LING LI
Keyword(s):  
Social Comparison ◽  
And Performance

The Relationship Between Goal Orientation, Social Comparison Responses, Self-Efficacy, and Performance

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 188-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Carmona ◽  
Abraham P. Buunk ◽  
Arie Dijkstra ◽  
José M. Peiró
Keyword(s):  
Social Comparison ◽  
Goal Orientation ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

The present study examined whether social comparison responses (identification and contrast in social comparison) mediated the relationship between goal orientation (promotion and prevention) and self-efficacy, and whether self-efficacy was subsequently related with a better performance. As expected, the results showed that promotion-oriented individuals – who are focused on achieving success – had higher self-efficacy than prevention-oriented individuals – who are focused on avoiding failure. Only one of the social comparison responses had a mediating role. That is, the tendency to contrast oneself with others who were doing better mediated the relationship between a prevention goal orientation and self-efficacy. In addition, self-efficacy was related to a better performance.

scholarly journals Can Engagement Go Awry and Lead to Burnout? The Moderating Role of the Perceived Motivational Climate

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina G. L. Nerstad ◽  
Sut I Wong ◽  
Astrid M. Richardsen
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Resource Depletion ◽  
Motivational Climate ◽  
Psychological Climate ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Perceived Motivational Climate ◽  
Moderating Role

In this study, we propose that when employees become too engaged, they may become burnt out due to resource depletion. We further suggest that this negative outcome is contingent upon the perceived motivational psychological climate (mastery and performance climates) at work. A two-wave field study of 1081 employees revealed an inverted U-shaped relationship between work engagement and burnout. This finding suggests that employees with too much work engagement may be exposed to a higher risk of burnout. Further, a performance climate, with its emphasis on social comparison, may enhance—and a mastery climate, which focuses on growth, cooperation and effort, may mitigate the likelihood that employees become cynical towards work—an important dimension of burnout.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Use of Within-Class Ability Groups in the Primary Classroom: A Mixed Methods Study of Social Comparison

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Louise Webb-Williams
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Ability Group ◽  
Ability Groups ◽  
Grouping Strategies ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

It is common practice within primary classrooms for teachers to spilt children into different ability groups so that children of similar level are taught together. Whilst this practice is used across the globe, research is mixed on the benefits of such grouping strategy. This paper presents data collected from mixed methods research which investigated teachers use of grouping strategies and social comparison, the act of comparing oneself with others. It focuses on when, why and with whom children from different ability groups compare themselves and the impact this has on their self-perceptions. Drawing upon data from children aged between 10 and 11 years from 12 primary schools, social comparison was found to play a significant role in daily classroom life for some children. The study identified different strands of the social comparison process including acknowledgment, topic, target, and direction, and it revealed positive and negative effects of social comparison. A difference by ability group was identified. Children within the low ability group were particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of social comparison and found to engage in more frequent and intentional social comparisons which were heavily relied upon for self-evaluation and performance evaluation. The paper discusses the educational implications of social comparison regarding pupil ability grouping strategies, motivation, engagement, and academic performance. Implications for teacher education and professional development is discussed.

Social comparison information, performance expectancy, and performance goal adoption.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Elliot ◽  
David L. Weissman ◽  
Emily Hangen ◽  
Christopher A. Thorstenson
Keyword(s):  
Social Comparison ◽  
Performance Goal ◽  
Performance Expectancy ◽  
Goal Adoption ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Comparison Information

Harming Others’ Task-Related Efforts

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 373-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Marijn Poortvliet
Keyword(s):  
Social Comparison ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Goal Pursuit ◽  
Achievement Goal ◽  
Performance Goal ◽  
Mastery Goals ◽  
Harmful Behavior ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Comparison Information

This paper demonstrates that, when individuals with mastery goals and their exchange partners occupy increasingly higher ranks on a task (#4 and #5 vs. #51 and #52 or #96 and #97, on a top-100), they display stronger interpersonally harmful behavior in order to interfere with exchange partners’ task performance. In contrast, performance goal individuals damage the task performance of others more when ranks are low or high rather than average (#4 and #5 or #96 and #97 vs. #51 and #52). These results signify that social comparison information is processed differently by mastery and performance goal individuals. The resulting interpersonally harmful behaviors depend on whether such behavior is instrumental for their particular achievement goal pursuit or not.

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