The study identifies a gap in current research

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Evidence profile

Sourced from the future-work section and stated research gap of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 1975 and 2026, spanning 2 journals. Those papers have been cited 218 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 6 representative gaps

• Editorial: Motivations for physical activity, volume V (2026) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi

  Future research should distinguish motivation to initiate activity from the processes required to maintain it. Future research should examine transitions, such as adolescence, entry into university, and retirement. Future research should shift from motivational intensity to motivational fit, aligning the form of support with the person's current needs and constraints.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: future research distinguish motivation initiate activity processes required
• Modeling effort decisions with behavioral decision theory: Toward an individual differences model of expectancy theory (1981) · Organizational Behavior and Human Performance · cited 69× · doi

  Future research could examine the processing of the expectancy term in different contexts and populations. Future research could develop and test interventions aimed at increasing effort and motivation in the workplace. Future research could examine the implications of the study's findings for the development of personalized interventions and training programs.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: future research examine processing expectancy term different contexts
• Cognitive models of motivation, expectancy theory and effort: An analysis and empirical test (1977) · Organizational Behavior and Human Performance · cited 31× · doi

  Future studies can build on the findings of this paper to further understand the role of expectancy, instrumentality, and valence beliefs in motivation. The study suggests that additional research is needed to explore the implications of the results for organizational settings. Future research can also examine the generalizability of the findings to other tasks and populations.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: future studies build findings paper further understand role
• Further examinations of the relationship between reward contingency and intrinsic motivation (1977) · Organizational Behavior and Human Performance · cited 35× · doi

  The study identifies a gap in current research on the relationship between reward contingency and intrinsic motivation. The study highlights the need for further examination of this relationship. The study suggests that prior work has not fully explored the potential effects of rewards on intrinsic motivation.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: study identifies gap current research relationship between reward
• Further examinations of the relationship between reward contingency and intrinsic motivation (1977) · Organizational Behavior and Human Performance · cited 35× · doi

  Future research should examine the relationship between reward contingency and intrinsic motivation in different contexts. Future research should investigate the potential effects of rewards on motivation in educational and work settings. Future research should explore the development of new measures of intrinsic motivation.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: future research examine relationship between reward contingency intrinsic
• Are intrinsic and extrinsic rewards additive: A test of Deci's cognitive evaluation theory of task motivation (1975) · Organizational Behavior and Human Performance · cited 48× · doi

  The impact of contingent pay plans on intrinsically motivating tasks is a current controversy in organizational behavior literature. Most theories assume that the effects of intrinsic and extrinsic reinforcement are additive, but Deci's cognitive evaluation theory suggests that there is an interaction between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: impact contingent pay plans intrinsically motivating tasks current

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