I found your connection between your topic of research and Wolters’
Grand Narrative very interesting. Particularly the relationship between
ineffective employees and the fall. I can also see a link between these
unproductive employees with my research topic (self-control). The
inefficient employee demonstrates low self-control by attributing greater
value to immediate gratification and lower value to the long-term deferred
benefits or consequences of their employment (Mamayek et al., 2017).
Your post made me think about the long-term effects of industrial and
organizational psychology strategies focused on motivating employees.
Will an employee highly affected by the fall and with low self-control be an
effective employee?
It has been established by behavioral geneticists the influence of
nature (genetics) and nurture (environmental) on self-control (Moffitt et
al., 2011). This seems significantly similar to your sentence, “What I
initially looked at in terms of validation was the aspect of motivation being
identified as ‘intrinsic’ vs. ‘extrinsic.’”
God’s given free will, and biological factors are likely to impact an
employee’s performance, just as much as nurture, the environment will.
The critical point is determining how to protect an employee from
negative influences, as Adam and Eve were by the serpent.
References
Mamayek, C., Paternoster, R., & Loughran, T. A. (2017). Self-control as
self-regulation: A return to control theory.Deviant Behavior, 38(8), 895-
916. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2016.1206730
Moffitt, T.E., Arseneault, L., Belsky, D., Dickson, N., Hancox, R. J.,
Harrington, H., Houts, R., Poulton, R., Roberts, B. W., Ross, S., Sears, M. R.,
Thomson, W. M., & Caspi, A. (2011). A gradient of childhood self-control
predicts health, wealth, and public safety.Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, 108(7), 2693-2698.
