An age-old adage in psychology is that people’s behavior emanates from or is an expression of their motivation and their ability. We posit that work behaviors and attitudes also depend on employees’ perceptions of motivation and ability, pertaining to others and themselves. The processes through which perceptions of motivation and ability influence employees are conceptually distinct from effects attributable to their expressions of motivation and ability. Moreover, many theoretical frameworks emphasize either perceptions of motivation or perceptions of ability. We posit that there is considerable value in considering perceptions of motivation and ability, most notably their interactive effects on work behaviors and attitudes. Doing so may not only more fully account for employees’ behaviors and attitudes, but also may promote cross-fertilization between literatures, such as organizational justice and behavioral ethics on the one hand and status and power on the other. Whereas some of our assertions have been empirically supported, others take the form of hypotheses to be tested in future research. Practical implications also are discussed.

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感知动机和能力对工作行为和态度的联合影响：整合过去，塑造未来


心理学中一句古老的谚语是，人们的行为源于或是他们的动机和能力的表达。我们认为，工作行为和态度还取决于员工对动机和能力的看法，与他人和自己有关。对动机和能力的感知影响员工的过程在概念上与归因于他们对动机和能力的表达的影响不同。此外，许多理论框架强调对动机的感知或对能力的感知。我们认为，考虑对动机和能力的看法具有相当大的价值，尤其是它们对工作行为和态度的交互影响。这样做不仅可以更全面地解释员工的行为和态度，而且可能会促进文献之间的交叉融合，例如组织正义和行为伦理学与地位和权力。虽然我们的一些断言得到了实证支持，但其他断言则采取了假设的形式，以便在未来的研究中进行测试。还讨论了实际意义。