There is a relation between expectations about performance, and the effect those expectations have in the real performance. That is known as the pygmalion effect or the self-fulfilling prophecy. In the work done by Takao and Analoui (2009), they demonstrated the effect of that on Japanese aid workers. The result of their work is that Japanese aid worker´s positive perception causes positive behaviour in local colleagues and will result in higher organizational organizational performance.
That research is an excellent demonstration of how the human being can cause effects just by thinking those effects would actually happen. Even movies such as "the secret" explain how thoughts, can make things happen, however that is part of the phsycological field.
Here there´s a diagram by doctor Tim Ong (2008) that explains the pygmalion effect as a process, as a secuence of actions and beliefs..
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Quote:
"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil"
James Allen
Reference: Takao Inamori, Farhad Analoui "Beyond the pygmalion effect: the role of managerial perception" journal of Management Development, Vol 29 Iss: 4, pp. 306 - 321
As a personal comment I think the self fulfilling prophecy, is an inductor for any person to think about success. Well, since everybody (at least most people)wants to be successful at their respective field of interest, being predisposed to the favorable events can make the person be prepared for the events before they actually happen. Do not forget that Luck is said doesn´t exist, It is just a combination of opportunity and preparation, so the pygmalion effect makes you be prepared for the opportunities, and at the end you end up being successful.
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