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Article: Self-reward: an untapped resource for high performance: a recent study of government managers shows how self-leadership strategies can influence behavior and shape individual performance improvements.(Survey)
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- The Public Manager
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- June 22, 2007
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As part of my dissertation research last year, I surveyed 429 certified public managers using the Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire (RSLQ). The survey shows that when doing their jobs, they use self-punishment techniques more often than self-set rewards. Examples of self-punishment techniques include feeling guilty when performing a task poorly. Self-reward techniques include rewarding yourself for doing an assignment well.
The RSLQ
The RSLQ, introduced by Jeff Houghton and Christopher Neck in 2002, is built on previous versions of self-leadership questionnaires (such as those of Anderson and Prussia, and Cox). It consists of thirty-five items ...