Pride and perseverance: the motivational role of pride.

By Lisa A. Williams, David DeSteno. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2008

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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A Naturalist’s View of Pride (2010, background): “In contrast, authentic pride may be what promotes positive behaviors in the achievement domain (Weiner, 1985; Williams & DeSteno, 2008) and contributes to pro-social investments and the development of a genuine and deep-rooted sense of self-esteem (Herrald & Tomaka, 2002; Lazarus, 1991; Verbeke,…”
Climate change and moral judgement (2012, neutral): “Moreover, experiments demonstrate that inducing people to experience pride increases not just task performance 48 , but also perseverance in tasks that participants otherwise found unpleasant 49 .”
Pride, personality, and the evolutionary foundations of human social status (2010, background): “Other studies have shown that such effortbased achievements promote greater perseverance on challenging tasks and desire for future success (Dweck, 1999; Verbeke et al., 2004; Williams & Desteno, 2008), both of which should lead to increased prestige.”
Functions of Positive Emotions: Gratitude as a Motivator of Self-Improvement and Positive Change (2017, background): “Classified as either authentic or hubristic (Tracy & Robins, 2007), pride has been associated with the achievement of valuable goals (Tracy & Robins, 2004) and as motivating goaldirected behavior and perseverance on difficult tasks (Williams & DeSteno, 2008).”
The Many Shades of Rose-Colored Glasses: An Evolutionary Approach to the Influence of Different Positive Emotions (2010, background): “…treated as a single construct, researchers have recently begun to offer function-based definitions of specific positive emotions as well (e.g., Bartlett and DeSteno 2006; Fredrickson 1998, 2001; Keltner, Haidt, and Shiota 2006; Shiota et al. 2004; Tracy and Robins 2007; Williams and DeSteno 2008).”
A qualitative meta-synthesis of the benefits of eco-labeling in developing countries (2016, background): “Indeed, many studies have shown the motivational benefits of selfesteem and pride in the workplace, especially in the face of tasks with high initial costs (see Pierce, et al., 1989; Williams & DeSteno, 2008).”
Positive emotions and climate change (2021, neutral): “Positive emotions, in particular, have been shown to have beneﬁcial effects on motivation, perseverance, and prosocial behavior [10,11 ,12 ].”
Context is Everything (in Emotion Research) (2018, background): “Another example is providing feedback indicating high performance levels along with social acclaim to induce pride (Williams & DeSteno, 2008, 2009).”
Exploring the impact of employees’ self-concept, brand identification and brand pride on brand citizenship behaviors (2016, background): “Pride is a positive, self-conscious emotion resulting from the appraisal that one is responsible for a socially valued outcome or for being a socially valued person (Williams and DeSteno, 2008; Jung, 2013).”
I’m Proud of It: Consumer Technology Appropriation and Psychological Ownership (2015, neutral): “While pride is often elicited by the approbation of other people (Tracy and Robins, 2004a; Webster et al., 2003), pride can also result from evaluation of oneself (Williams and DeSteno, 2008).”
Intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurial intentions (2012, background): “First, pride arises from accomplishments that can be attributed to one's skills or efforts (Williams and DeSteno, 2008).”
Uneasy Lies the Head that Bears the Trust: The Effects of Feeling Trusted on Emotional Exhaustion (2014, background): “Scholars have noted that pride is also similar to self-efficacy, in that it represents an emotional response to a person’s cognitive appraisal that shehas increased skills or self-mastery in a given context (Tracy & Robins, 2004; Williams & DeSteno, 2008).”