TY - JOUR
T1 - Values, Valences, Expectations, and Actions
AU - Feather, Norman T.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - This article conceptualizes the relations between values and actions from the point of view of expectancy‐value theory. Key assumptions are that values induce valences on events and potential outcomes, and that these valences in association with expectations are important determinants of the final action that is taken. The approach is illustrated by results from a recent study concerned with job‐seeking behavior among the unemployed. The approach is discussed in relation to Lewinian theory and to recent theoretical statements concerning commitment, volition, and self‐regulation. Related approaches to conceptualizing relations between values and actions are briefly noted, along with the need to take account of the activation of values and valences in relation to the cognitive‐affective system. 1992 The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
AB - This article conceptualizes the relations between values and actions from the point of view of expectancy‐value theory. Key assumptions are that values induce valences on events and potential outcomes, and that these valences in association with expectations are important determinants of the final action that is taken. The approach is illustrated by results from a recent study concerned with job‐seeking behavior among the unemployed. The approach is discussed in relation to Lewinian theory and to recent theoretical statements concerning commitment, volition, and self‐regulation. Related approaches to conceptualizing relations between values and actions are briefly noted, along with the need to take account of the activation of values and valences in relation to the cognitive‐affective system. 1992 The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1992.tb00887.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1992.tb00887.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000295622
VL - 48
SP - 109
EP - 124
JO - Journal of Social Issues
JF - Journal of Social Issues
SN - 0022-4537
IS - 2
ER -