News Finding: They understand that they can achieve more and do it quicker with the help of a mentor, coach, or adviser (or advisory team).
Paper Finding: In terms of expectancy theory, money rewards endow goal success with a higher valence or value than no money.
News Context: High performers and productive people don't do it alone. They understand that they can achieve more and do it quicker with the help of a mentor, coach, or adviser (or advisory team). If you wanted to get better at tennis, you would probably hire an instructor who would help you improve your serve or backhand volley.
Paper Context: In other words, offering money may arouse the willingness to expend more effort to attain a given objective than not offering money. In terms of expectancy theory, money rewards endow goal success with a higher valence or value than no money. The whole issue of why goal commitment measures have not been related to performance in goal-setting research will be discussed at length in a later section of this article.