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Research over the last two decades has explored the relationship between a variety of states of consciousness, performance, and motivation. These have included flow and a sense of presence in face-to-face, online, and virtual environments. This study examined the relationship between presence and flow experienced by 75 male and female participants from several Pacific Rim nations on 4 international teams and their self-reported performance, enjoyment, and motivation associated with team-related tasks. The results indicate that in these task situations, which are relatively novel because of their cultural diversity, self-reported performance correlated more highly with presence (r = 34, df = 72, p < .01) than flow (r = .26, df =71, p < .05). Enjoyment and motivation, however, correlated more highly with flow (r = .60, df = 71, p < .01 and r = .40, df = 71, p < .01, respectively) than presence (r = .26, p < .05 and r = .25, p < .05). These findings suggest the need to explore further the relationship between activity- or task-related states of consciousness, the characteristics of the tasks involved, particularly in terms of their novelty, and the effect on performance and motivation.

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A Sense of Presence and Self-Reported Performance in International Teams

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