Achievement Goals for Research: In-depth Studies

研究成果目标：深入研究

• 批准号: 336882244
• 负责人: Dr. Martin Daumiller
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Lehrstuhl für Psychologie
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/336882244?language=en
• 关键词: Achievement; Goals; Research; depth; Studies

In the proposed project, we aim to provide new knowledge and insights concerning the impact of faculty members’ achievement goals within the research domain. To do this, we build upon the preceding project in which we clarified the structure, separability, and relevance of faculty members’ achievement goals for their professional behaviors in the teaching domain. In the proposed project, we plan to (1) comprehensively elucidate developmental processes of achievement goals in the work context, (2) study the relevance of achievement goals for professionalization at work, dealing with setbacks, and successfully mastering relevant career steps, and (3) investigate the interplay between achievement goals when adapting to the work context. To investigate these aims regarding achievement goals in the research domain, we plan to conduct five quantitative studies. In Study 1 (N = 279 researchers, cohort sequential design), we will investigate the antecedents of developmental trends in researchers’ achievement goals in two cohorts (start of PhD, transition to Post-Doc). In Study 2 (N = 3600 researchers, multilevel design), we will examine contextual effects on achievement goals based on data derived from four different scientific systems (Germany, Norway, South Africa, South Korea), 80 scientific institutions, and three prototypical subject areas of interest. Study 3a (N = 159 researchers, laboratory experiment) aims to provide insights into the impact of researchers’ achievement goals on how they react to failure. We will further solidify these findings in Study 3b (N = 109 researchers, field study) by investigating how achievement goals matter for researchers’ reactions to real decisions regarding their submissions to a scientific conference. Lastly, in Study 4 (N = 290 researchers, micro-longitudinal study with ambulant assessment), we will investigate the interplay of achievement goals between the teaching and the research domains by studying goal conflicts and goal synergy. The impact of professional motivation on faculty members’ affect, behavior, and cognition remains a largely unexplored frontier in higher education research. We are certain that the proposed research program will further our understanding of the necessary preconditions for the development of optimal motivation in this important field of work. This knowledge has central implications for the development of a motivation-supportive work environment in the scientific domain.

在拟议的项目中，我们的目标是提供关于教职员工在研究领域内成就目标的影响的新知识和见解。为了做到这一点，我们在前面的项目的基础上，阐明了教师成就目标与他们在教学领域的专业行为的结构、可分离性和相关性。在拟议的项目中，我们计划(1)全面阐明成就目标在工作背景下的发展过程，(2)研究成就目标与工作中职业化、应对挫折和成功掌握相关职业步骤的相关性，以及(3)调查成就目标在适应工作背景时的相互作用。为了调查这些目标与研究领域的成就目标，我们计划进行五项量化研究。在研究1(N=279名研究人员，队列序贯设计)中，我们将在两个队列(开始博士和过渡到博士后)中调查研究人员成就目标的发展趋势的先行因素。在研究2(N=3600名研究人员，多水平设计)中，我们将基于来自四个不同的科学系统(德国、挪威、南非、韩国)、80个科学机构和三个感兴趣的典型学科领域的数据，研究背景对成就目标的影响。研究3a(N=159名研究人员，实验室实验)旨在洞察研究人员的成就目标对他们如何应对失败的影响。我们将在研究3b(N=109名研究人员，实地研究)中进一步巩固这些发现，调查成就目标如何影响研究人员对他们提交给科学会议的真实决定的反应。最后，在研究4(N=290名研究人员，微型纵向研究和动态评估)中，我们将通过研究目标冲突和目标协同来考察成就目标在教学和研究领域之间的相互作用。职业动机对教师的情感、行为和认知的影响在高等教育研究中仍然是一个很大程度上未被探索的前沿。我们相信，拟议的研究计划将进一步加深我们对在这一重要工作领域发展最佳动机的必要前提条件的理解。这一知识对在科学领域发展一种支持激励的工作环境具有核心意义。