The Role of Goal Orientation Following Performance Feedback
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This study examined the relationship of goal orientation and performance over a series of 2 challenging performance events. After providing performance feedback on the 1st event, the authors found that the relationship between a learning goal orientation and performance remained positive for the 2nd event, the relationship between a proving goal orientation and performance diminished from a positive to a nonsignificant level, and the relationship between an avoiding goal orientation and performance remained negative. Data analysis also indicated that the relationships between the 3 goal orientation dimensions and the performance event were differentially mediated by goal setting, self-efficacy, and effort.
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VandeWalle et al. (2001) found that an initially positive relationship between performance-approach goal orientation and performance decreased when undergraduate students received performance feedback; there was no change in relationships between mastery-goal orientation and performance-avoidant orientation and performance.
“For example, an initially positive relationship between performance-approach goal orientation and performance decreased when undergraduate students received performance feedback; there was no change in relationships between mastery-goal orientation and performance-avoidant orientation and performance (VandeWalle et al., 2001).”
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“This is evident, for example, in a review which examined the relationship between outcome orientation and task performance and found that different studies reported either a negative, a nonsignificant, or a positive relationship between the two (VandeWalle, Cron, & Slocum, 2001).”
BackgroundResultWhy Are Some Salespeople Better at Adapting to Organizational Change?
Ahearne, M., Lam, S. K., Mathieu, J. E., & Bolander, W. (2010) · Journal of Marketing · doi:10.1509/jmkg.74.3.065 · Cited by 163 · see citing works
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Effects of Trainee Characteristics on Training Effectiveness
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“This lends credence to the results of previous studies that suffered from a restricted framework, as they were conducted on students and employed fewer variables (Colquitt & Simmering, 1998; VandeWalle et al., 2001).”
ResultTrait affect and job search outcomes
Côté, S., Saks, A. M., & Zikic, J. (2005) · Journal of Vocational Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2005.08.001 · Cited by 158 · see citing works
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“Mastery-approach goals would seem optimal forms of regulation in a context highlighting intrapersonal standards (e.g. Colquitt & Simmering, 1998; Ford, Smith, Weissbein, Gully, & Salas, 1998; VandeWalle et al., 2001).”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialThe impact of executive coaching on self‐efficacy related to management soft‐skills
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“Briefly, research had shown that learning goals are significantly and positively associated with effort (VandeWalle et al., 2001), seeking feedback (VandeWalle and Cummings, 1997), self-efficacy (Phillips and Gully, 1997; Kozlowski et al.”
BackgroundJelinek, R., Ahearne, M., Mathieu, J. E., & Schillewaert, N. (2006) · The Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice · doi:10.2753/mtp1069-6679140101 · Cited by 146 · see citing works
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“Academic learning, proving, and avoiding goal orientations3 were assessed with 13 items from an instrument developed and validated by VandeWalle (1996) and VandeWalle et al. (2001).”
BackgroundMethodA review to characterise and map the growth mindset theory in health professions education
Wolcott, M. D., McLaughlin, J. E., Hann, A., Miklavec, A., Dallaghan, G. L. B., Rhoney, D. H., & Zomorodi, M. G. (2020) · Medical Education · doi:10.1111/medu.14381 · Cited by 145 · see citing works
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“the relation of goals and goal orientation ( VandeWalle, Cron & Slocum, 2001 ), and the relation”
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“Mastery-approach goals are generally considered to be the optimal form of competence-based regulation (e.g., Colquitt & Simmering, 1998; Ford, Smith, Weissbein, Gully, & Salas, 1998; VandeWalle, Cron, & Slocum, 2001).”
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“…prior research has suggested that traits (whether measured explicitly or implicitly) influence the way individuals perceive elements of their environment, such as other individuals, job duties, and performance feedback (Greenwald and Banaji 1995; James and Mazerolle 2002; Vandewalle et al. 2001).”
BackgroundRivals or allies: How performance‐prove goal orientation influences knowledge hiding
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“VandeWalle et al., 2001 Individual Coping flexibility The ability to flexibly adjust coping strategies to face distinct stressors.”
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The dispositional antecedents of promotive and prohibitive voice.
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Leader-member exchange, learning orientation and innovative work behavior
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“Traditionally, morningness and eveningness have been conceptualized as a trait, lying along a continuum (known as the morningness-eveningness dimension; Cavallera & Giudici, 2008; Gaina et al., 2006; Natale & Cicogna, 2002).”
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Employee reactions to pay dispersion: A typology of existing research
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Transformational and Transactional Leadership and Followers’ Achievement Goals
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“The consequences and outcomes of achievement goals have been the topic of a large body of research and theorizing (e.g., Cellar et al. 2011; DeShon and Gillespie 2005; Elliot 2005; Hulleman et al. 2010; Payne et al. 2007; VandeWalle et al. 2001).”
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“Recently, this relationship has begun to receive more attention in the training and motivation literature, with research supporting the relationship between learning goal orientations and self-efficacy in training environments (Ford et al., 1998; VandeWalle et al., 2001).”
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“A learning orientation entails a preference to develop one’s competence by acquiring new skills and mastering new situations (VandeWalle et al., 2001).”
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- Authors
- VandeWalle, D., Cron, W. L., & Slocum, J. W.
- Affiliations
- Southern Methodist University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Psychology
- Published
- 2001
- Volume
- 86
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 629-640
- ISSN
- 0021-9010 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1854
- OpenAlex
- W2072046516
- Semantic Scholar
- f785ebefc8c87b28a78b68034bca2d3d2511b665
- Cited by
- 781
- References
- 47
- Citations by year
- 2026: 19 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 35 · 2020: 81 · 2019: 42 · 2018: 36 · 2017: 35 · 2016: 33 · 2015: 44 · 2014: 30 · 2013: 37 · 2012: 45
- FWCI
- 15.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Applied Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
- Keywords
- goal orientation, performance feedback, learning objectives, performance goals, performance, goal setting, self-efficacy, effort, mediation
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Feedback, Female, Goals, Humans, Male, Task Performance and Analysis, Self Efficacy
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