Current Research Projects

Project Leader Project Title
Brandstätter-Morawietz Antecedents and consequences of motive (in)congruence
Motivational antecedents and consequences of stress in intimate relationships
Forkmann The role of motives in leader-follower - exchange processes
Giesinger The body of knowledge: Self-access through feeling
Oertig Goals as conditions of flow experience. Which goal characteristics facilitate and which hinder flow?
Schüler The motive–incentive fit in sports
Situational incentives determine the effects of motive incongruence on well-being and intrinsic motivation

Completed Research Projects

Project Leader Project Title
Backes Moderating conditions of implementation intention effects
Specificity of implementation intentions
Brandstätter-Morawietz Antecedents and Consequences of Action Crises
Evaluation of a Behavioral Training of Civil Courage (Zürcher Zivilcourage-Training)
Approach and avoidance motivation in goal striving
Implicit Personality Theories and Social Perception in the Context of Leadership
Training of Moral Courage
Determinants of Disengagement from Goals
Brunner The role in incentives in the maintenance of sport exercising
The role of incentives in the rehabilitation of pain patients
Job Motive-goal congruence: The influence of a cognitive focus on specific emotions
Discrepancies between explicit motives and goals and their relation to well-being
The moderating role of motive dispositions on reactance
Schnelle Influence of work-family-conflict on work-related and family-related areas
Human Capital and Business Success
Construction und validation of a goal conflict scale
Schüler The effects of achievement motive incongruence on flow experience
Flow experience and performance of long-distance runners
Linking self-determination theory and motive disposition theories
Motivation and Health
Motivation and Volition in Sports
The role of motives in the expressive emotion – well being relationship