Using optimality conditions from the second-service rule and a structural model on tennis data, the paper shows players value process utility positively and systematically trade off outcome probabilities for it.
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AI-authored goals produce higher SMART quality scores but lower psychological ownership, commitment, importance, and goal-directed behavior than self-authored goals, with ownership as the mediating mechanism.
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Process Utility in High-Stakes Competition
Using optimality conditions from the second-service rule and a structural model on tennis data, the paper shows players value process utility positively and systematically trade off outcome probabilities for it.
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Optimized but Unowned: How AI-Authored Goals Undermine the Motivation They Are Meant to Drive
AI-authored goals produce higher SMART quality scores but lower psychological ownership, commitment, importance, and goal-directed behavior than self-authored goals, with ownership as the mediating mechanism.