Scientific program: Overview

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

  Arrival
17:00 - 18:00 Welcome Apéro
18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
19:00 - 20:00 Opening: Hugo M. Kehr: "Research agenda based on the compensatory model of motivation and volition"

Friday, July 18th, 2008

08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 10:30 Session 1 "Motive measures"
  Guido H. E. Gendolla: "Manipulating and measuring effort: motivational intensity and cardiovascular response"
  Oliver C. Schultheiss: "Tending the instrument: The Picture Story Exercise as a measure of if…then-contingencies and a fair and balanced examination of its overlap with a stimulus- and response-matched measure of explicit motives"
10:30 - 10:50 Coffee/tea break
10:50 - 12:10 Session 1 "Motive measures" (continued)
  Julius Kuhl: "Freedom as a motive: Implicit assessment and explicit intentions"
  Kurt Sokolowski: "Computer based motive measure – Quo vadis MMG?"
12:30 - 13:15 Lunch
13:15 - 15:30 Walk
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee/tea break
16:00 - 17:30 Session 2 "Implicit and explicit motive systems"
  Juergen Beckmann: "The evolution of the achievement motive and its neurophysiological foundations"
  Todd M. Thrash: "Within-person congruence between motive arousal and goal pursuit"
17:30 - 17:50 Coffee/tea break
17:50 - 18:30 Session 2 "Implicit and explicit motive systems" (continued)
  Thomas Langens: "Automatic appraisal of motivational valence: The moderating role of motive-goal congruence"
18:40 - 20:00 Apéro & Snacks
20:00 Dinner

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 11:10 Session 3 "Mechanisms of self-regulation via goals"
  Gabriele Oettingen: "From fantasy to action"
  James Shah: "Regulatory rotation: The shuffling and shedding of strivings in goal management"
  Peter Gollwitzer: "The power of planning"
11:10 - 11:30 Coffee/tea break
11:30 - 12:10 Session 3 "Mechanisms of self-regulation via goals"(continued)
  Stefan Engeser: "The measurement of flow"
12:10 - 13:15 Poster session
  Peter Groepel: "Don't do today what you can put off till tomorrow: Procrastination and the role of motives and motivational strategies"
  Maika Rawolle: "The motivating power of visions: How idealized mental images differentially arouse implicit motives"
  Kaspar Schattke: "First evidence for the impact of implicit motives on flow experience"
  Anja Schiepe: "Flow experience in power related tasks"
  Joerg Seeliger: "Do effective corporate visions enhance sustainable corporate performance?"
  Susanne Steiner: "Rewards and the Corruption of Intrinsic Motivation- A New Perspective"
13:15 Lunch
Afternoon Excursion and Dinner

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 10:30 Session 4 "Motive management in applied settings"
  Joel L. Weinberger: "Applying implicit motivation to emotional well-being and psychotherapy"
  Ruth Kanfer: "Motivation in the occupational context: Implications of adult development and a lifespan perspective"
10:30 - 10:50 Coffee/tea break
10:50 - 12:20 Session 4 "Motive management in applied settings" (continued)
  Juergen Wegge: "Effects of achievement and affiliation motive dispositions on group cohesion and performance in work groups"
  William D. Spangler: "Leader motive profiles and organizational types"
12:20 - 13:00 Closing discussion
13:00 Lunch
  Departure