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==Temporal motivation theory==
{{Main|Temporal motivation theory}}
A recent approach in developing a broad, integrative theory of motivation is [[temporal motivation theory]]. Introduced in a 2006 ''Academy of Management Review'' article,<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Steel | first1=Piers | last2=König | first2=Cornelius J. | title=Integrating Theories of Motivation | journal=Academy of Management Review | publisher=Academy of Management | volume=31 | issue=4 | year=2006 | issn=0363-7425 | doi=10.5465/amr.2006.22527462 | pages=889–913 |url = http://webapps2.ucalgary.ca/~steel/images/Integrating.pdf |access-date = 2015-02-06  |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141027140206/http://webapps2.ucalgary.ca/~steel/images/Integrating.pdf |archive-date = 2014-10-27 }}</ref> it synthesizes into a single formulation, the primary aspects of several other major motivational theories, including Incentive Theory, Drive Theory, Need Theory, Self-Efficacy and Goal Setting. It simplifies the field of motivation and allows findings from one theory to be translated into the terms of another. Another journal article that helped to develop temporal motivation theory, "The Nature of Procrastination",<ref name="Steel2007">{{cite journal |doi = 10.1037/0033-2909.133.1.65 |url = http://studiemetro.au.dk/fileadmin/www.studiemetro.au.dk/Procrastination_2.pdf |title = The nature of procrastination: A meta-analytic and theoretical review of quintessential self-regulatory failure |year = 2007 |last1 = Steel |first1 = Piers |journal = Psychological Bulletin |volume = 133 |pages = 65–94 |pmid = 17201571 |issue = 1 |citeseerx = 10.1.1.335.2796 |s2cid = 1066615 }}</ref> which received American Psychological Association's [[George Armitage Miller|George A. Miller]] award for outstanding contribution to general science.

::<math>\mathrm{Motivation} = \frac{\mbox{Expectancy × Value}}{\mbox{1 + Impulsiveness × Delay}}</math>

where ''Motivation'' is the desire for a particular outcome, ''Expectancy'' or [[self-efficacy]] is the probability of success, ''Value'' is the reward associated with the outcome, ''Impulsiveness'' is the individual's sensitivity to delay and ''Delay'' is the time to realization.<ref name=Steel2007 />