Williams S
Department of Business Administration, Texas Southern University, Houston 77004, USA.
Genet Soc Gen Psychol Monogr. 1998 Nov;124(4):465-91.
Individuals experience choice when they select one option from among meaningful alternatives that possess relatively equal attractiveness and some degree of indeterminacy. Choice has been found to influence important psychological and behavioral outcomes. After differentiating among choice, personal control, and self-determination, the author offers a model of choice, with self-determination as the key mechanism regulating how choice influences intrinsic motivation. The model suggests specific types of choice-relevant information that should affect whether choice results in an internal (self-determined) or external (controlled) locus of causality. The individual characteristics of locus of control, self-presentation, self-esteem, and Type A personality are suggested as possible moderators of the effects of choice. Finally, the implications of the choice model for organizations and further areas of research are discussed.
当个体从具有相对同等吸引力和一定程度不确定性的有意义备选方案中选择一个选项时，他们就经历了选择过程。研究发现，选择会影响重要的心理和行为结果。在区分了选择、个人控制和自我决定之后，作者提出了一个选择模型，其中自我决定是调节选择如何影响内在动机的关键机制。该模型提出了与选择相关的特定类型信息，这些信息应会影响选择导致内在（自我决定）还是外在（受控制）因果关系源。控制点、自我呈现、自尊和A型人格等个体特征被认为可能是选择效应的调节因素。最后，讨论了选择模型对组织的意义以及进一步的研究领域。
