Abstract A promotion focus is concerned with advancement, growth, and accomplishment, whereas a prevention focus is concerned with security, safety, and responsibility. We hypothesized that the promotion focus inclination is to insure hits and insure against errors of omission, whereas the prevention focus inclination is to insure correct rejections and insure against errors of commission. This hypothesis yielded three predictions: (a) when individuals work on a difficult task or have just experienced failure, those in a promotion focus should perform better, and those in a prevention focus should quit more readily; (b) when individuals work on a task where generating any number of alternatives is correct, those in a promotion focus should generate more distinct alternatives, and those in a prevention focus should be more repetitive; and (c) when individuals work on a signal detection task that requires them to decide whether they did or did not detect a signal, those in a promotion focus should have a "risky" response bias, and those in a prevention focus should have a "conservative" response bias and take more time to respond. These predictions were supported in two framing studies in which regulatory focus was experimentally manipulated independent of valence.

Ellen Crowe

E.Tory Higgins

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

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The journal "Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes" publishes fundamental research in organizational behavior, organizational psychology, and human cognition, judgment, and decision-making. It features articles that present original empirical research, theory development, meta-analysis, and methodological advancements relevant to the substantive domains served by the journal. Topics covered include perception, cognition, judgment, attitudes, emotion, well-being, motivation, choice, and performance. We are interested in articles that investigate these topics as they pertain to individuals, dyads, groups, and other social collectives. For each topic, we place a premium on articles that make fundamental and substantial contributions to understanding psychological processes relevant to human attitudes, cognitions, and behavior in organizations. To be considered for publication in "Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes," a manuscript must include the following: 1. Demonstrate an interesting behavioral/psychological phenomenon; 2. Make a significant theoretical and empirical contribution to the existing literature; 3. Identify and test the underlying psychological mechanism for the newly discovered behavioral/psychological phenomenon; 4. Have practical implications in an organizational context.

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Regulatory Focus and Strategic Inclinations: Promotion and Prevention in Decision-Making

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