From a practical perspective, the proposed framework enhances the precision of extant process models and aids prediction about when and which organizational interventions are most likely to enhance work motivation and performance. For example, as discussed in detail later, specific age-related cognitive changes may yield low but realistic self-efficacy judgments for skill training that places heavy demands on fluid intellectual abilities (e.g., programming).
Interventions that attempt to build self-efficacy through increased effort in the face of such person-task realities are likely to be short lived and counterproductive. In contrast, low self-efficacy judgments for training of skills that do not place heavy demands on fluid intellectual abilities (e.g., conflict management) may be productively enhanced through increased effort.