Goal Impact: A Goal Systems Domain General Prediction Tool, Applied to Voluntary Job Turnover
We introduce a domain general decision making measure, based on field theory and goal systems, for use in examining real life decisions. We examine intentions to quit one's job; participants considered the impact on important life goals of staying at or leaving their job. First, they indicated the importance of goals from a comprehensive taxonomy. Second, they indicated how much staying in their job and leaving would facilitate or inhibit each goal (congruence ratings) Goal Impact, computed by multiplying each goal's importance by its congruence, predicted 39% of the variance in job intentions. Theory and applications to domains such as health and relationships are reviewed.