【Speaker】Piers Steel, University of Calgary/ NUS Professor

【Topic】Procrastination and A Unified Theory of Motivation

【Time】Tuesday, June 5, 10:30-12:00

【Location】Room 513, Weilun Building, Tsinghua SEM

【Language】English / Chinese

【Organizer】Department of Leadership and Organization Management

【Abstract】Revealed in the new Handbook of Industrial, Work & Organizational Psychology, Professor Piers Steel provides the "The building blocks of motivation." He simplifies the decision and motivational field by identifying the fundamentals of motivation and how they are expressed in a unified theory of motivation: The Goal Phase System. In particular, he will apply the Goal Phase System to procrastination, discuss why we do it and what to do about it.