Trouble Setting Your Savings Goals? The Moderating Effect of Religious Belief on Goal Pursuit

Jamel Khenfer (1, 2) , Aaron Kay (3) , Elyette Roux (1, 2) , Eric Tafani (1, 2)

1 CERGAM - Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Gestion d'Aix-Marseille
2 AMU IAE - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Aix-en-Provence
3 Duke University [Durham]

This research examines if, in the context of savings goals, the usual decrement in motivation that is observed when a goal is set with implementation concreteness, at its early stages, will dissipate when people are reminded of divine control.

Mots clés: savings goal; God; religion; motivation

Domaines: Gestion et management

Jamel Khenfer, Aaron Kay, Elyette Roux, Eric Tafani. Trouble Setting Your Savings Goals? The Moderating Effect of Religious Belief on Goal Pursuit. International Congress of Applied Psychology, IAAP, Jul 2014, Paris, France. ⟨hal-01079649⟩