Just the right amount of stress please : Yerkes and Dodson revisited

Mark Le Fevre; Gregory S. Kolt; Jonathon Matheny

Just the right amount of stress please : Yerkes and Dodson revisited

Mark Le Fevre, Gregory S. Kolt, Jonathon Matheny

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Abstract

![CDATA[This paper attempts to trace the evolution from Yerkes and Dodson's original paper to the Yerkes Dodson Law as frequently presented today through the possible influence of similar models developed from Hebb (1955) and others, in order to throw some light on what it is that is being referred to under the title the Yerkes Dodson Law, and how the wide acceptance that some stress or anxiety is required for top performance, in the management practitioner literature in particular, may have repressed the concept of eustress as a separate entity from distress as originally formulated by Selye (1956; 1964).]]

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conference Proceedings 2006 British Academy of Management: Building International Communities through Collaboration
Publisher	British Academy of Management
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	British Academy of Management. Conference - Duration: 10 Sept 2013 → …

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Conference	British Academy of Management. Conference
Period	10/09/13 → …

Keywords

stress (psychology)
eustress
performance
Yerkes-Dodson Law

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Just the right amount of stress please : Yerkes and Dodson revisited

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