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Effects of Assigned and Participative Goal Setting on Performance and Job Satisfaction.
Gary P. Latham,Gary Yukl +1 more
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This article is published in Journal of Applied Psychology.The article was published on 1976-04-01. It has received 178 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Job performance & Job attitude.read more
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Building a Practically Useful Theory of Goal Setting and Task Motivation
Edwin A. Locke,Gary P. Latham +1 more
TL;DR: The authors summarize 35 years of empirical research on goal-setting theory, describing the core findings of the theory, the mechanisms by which goals operate, moderators of goal effects, the relation of goals and satisfaction, and the role of goals as mediators of incentives.
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Building a practically useful theory of goal setting and task motivation. A 35-year odyssey.
Edwin A. Locke,Gary P. Latham +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarize 35 years of empirical research on goal-setting theory and describe the core findings of the theory, the mechanisms by which goals operate, moderators of goal effects, the relation of goals and satisfaction, and the role of goals as mediators of incentives.
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Goal setting and task performance: 1969–1980.
TL;DR: A review of both laboratory and field studies on the effect of setting goals when learning or performing a task found that specific, challenging goals led more often to higher performance than easy goals, 'do your best' goals or no goals as discussed by the authors.
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Participation, Satisfaction, and Productivity: A Meta-Analytic Review
TL;DR: In this article, a meta-analytic literature review testing cognitive, affective, and contingency models of the effects of participation in decision making on employees' satisfaction and productiv...
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The Determinants of Goal Commitment
TL;DR: The concept and measurement of commitment to goals, a key aspect of goal-setting theory, are discussed in this paper. The strength of the relationship between commitment and performance is asserted to depend on the amount of variance in commitment.
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Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of reward or reinforcement on preceding behavior depend in part on whether the person perceives the reward as contingent on his own behavior or independent of it, and individuals may also differ in generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.
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Toward a theory of task motivation and incentives
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarized and integrated research concerned with a long-neglected topic in psychology: the relationship between conscious goals and intentions and task performance, and concluded that any adequate theory of task motivation must take account of the individual's conscious intentions and intentions.
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A Review of Research on the Application of Goal Setting in Organizations.
Gary P. Latham,Gary Yukl +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed research on goal setting in organizations in order to evaluate Locke's theory of goal setting and to determine the practical feasibility of this technique for increasing employee motiva...
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