@article{SteidleWerthGockel2013, author = {Steidle, Anna and Werth, Lioba and Gockel, Christine}, title = {Not motivated to act during goal pursuit: powerlessness blocks motivation transfer in goal systems}, series = {Basic and Applied Social Psychology}, volume = {35}, journal = {Basic and Applied Social Psychology}, number = {5}, pages = {477 -- 486}, year = {2013}, abstract = {The current research investigates a motivational mechanism that contributes to the inferior goal striving and attainment of powerless individuals: the transfer of motivation from goals to means. We expected that this mechanism would work effectively only in powerful individuals. The results of an experiment and a field study confirmed our assumptions. The more motivated powerful people were to attain the goals, the more they engaged in self-determined action and, in turn, the more positively they experienced goal-related activities. No such relation was found for their powerless counterparts. Implications for power research and goal systems theory are discussed.}, language = {de} }