The “Sprinter effect”: When self‐control and involvement stand in the way of sequential performance

Abstract

Abstract This research examines the joint effect of dispositional self‐control and situational involvement on performance in two successive resource‐demanding tasks. We demonstrate that being highly involved and having high self‐control facilitates high performance in the first task but, contrary to intuition, may jeopardize performance in a second, unexpected task. We term this the “sprinter effect” and demonstrate it in both lab and field settings. We further explore how a “marathon” mindset can debias this effect.

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