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@article{Tau02, abstract = {The authors examined the effects of competition and cooperation on intrinsic motivation and performance in 4 studies. Across 3 behavioral studies that involved shooting a basketball, no differences were observed between competition and cooperation on task enjoyment or performance. However, the combination of competition and cooperation (intergroup competition) consistently led to higher levels of intrinsic motivation, and in 2 of the 3 studies, performance. In a questionnaire study, the authors replicated the positive effects of intergroup competition on enjoyment and examined process measures that might account for these effects. These findings suggest that competition and cooperation both have positive aspects and that structuring recreational activities to include both can facilitate high levels of both intrinsic motivation and performance.}, author = {Tauer, J. M. and Harackiewicz, J. M.}, citeulike-article-id = {3430747}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.86.6.849}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15149259}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15149259}, doi = {10.1037/0022-3514.86.6.849}, issn = {0022-3514}, journal = {Journal of personality and social psychology}, keywords = {competition, cooperation, intrinsic, keinzugriff, motivation, ngd}, month = {June}, number = {6}, pages = {849--861}, posted-at = {2008-10-20 12:56:05}, priority = {2}, title = {The effects of cooperation and competition on intrinsic motivation and performance.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.86.6.849}, volume = {86}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - Tau02 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3430747 N2 - The authors examined the effects of competition and cooperation on intrinsic motivation and performance in 4 studies. Across 3 behavioral studies that involved shooting a basketball, no differences were observed between competition and cooperation on task enjoyment or performance. However, the combination of competition and cooperation (intergroup competition) consistently led to higher levels of intrinsic motivation, and in 2 of the 3 studies, performance. In a questionnaire study, the authors replicated the positive effects of intergroup competition on enjoyment and examined process measures that might account for these effects. These findings suggest that competition and cooperation both have positive aspects and that structuring recreational activities to include both can facilitate high levels of both intrinsic motivation and performance. IS - 6 JF - Journal of personality and social psychology SN - 0022-3514 EP - 861 TI - The effects of cooperation and competition on intrinsic motivation and performance. VL - 86 SP - 849 KW - competition KW - cooperation KW - intrinsic KW - keinzugriff KW - motivation KW - ngd AU - Tauer, JM AU - Harackiewicz, JM PY - 2004/06// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.86.6.849 ER -