A Review of Research on the Application of Goal Setting in Organizations.
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Research on goal setting in organizations is reviewed 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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Certain properties of goals, such as their specificity and level, help to provide clear standards of adequacy.
“Certain properties of goals, such as their specificity and level, help to provide clear standards of adequacy (Latham & Yukl, 1975;Locke, 1968;Steers & Porter, 1974).”
From Cultivating competence, self-efficacy, and intrinsic interest through proximal self-motivation. (1981) · cites this paper as Latham & Yukl, 1975
A clear and inspiring understanding of what the organization should achieve in the future can be an important driver of employee action, performance, and motivation.
“a clear and inspiring understanding of what the organization should achieve in the future can be an important driver of employee action and performance (Latham and Yukl 1975; Locke and Latham 2002) and motivation (Wright 2007).”
From Leadership and motivation: a qualitative study of transformational leadership and public service motivation (2018) · cites this paper as Latham and Yukl 1975
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Toward a theory of task motivation and incentives
Locke, E. A. (1968) · Organizational Behavior and Human Performance · doi:10.1016/0030-5073(68)90004-4 · Cited by 2,409 · see citing works
Motivational effects of knowledge of results: A goal-setting phenomenon?
Locke, E. A., Cartledge, N., & Koeppel, J. (1968) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/h0026737 · Cited by 264 · see citing works
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Cultivating competence, self-efficacy, and intrinsic interest through proximal self-motivation.
Bandura, A., & Schunk, D. H. (1981) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.41.3.586 · Cited by 2,675 · see citing works
Self-evaluative and self-efficacy mechanisms governing the motivational effects of goal systems.
Bandura, A., & Cervone, D. (1983) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.45.5.1017 · Cited by 1,511 · see citing works
Task Complexity: A Review and Analysis
Campbell, D. J. (1988) · The Academy of Management Review · doi:10.5465/amr.1988.4306775 · Cited by 1,634 · see citing works
Andersen, L. B., Bjørnholt, B., Bro, L. L., & Holm-Petersen, C. (2018) · International Review of Administrative Sciences · doi:10.1177/0020852316654747 · Cited by 89 · see citing works
- Authors
- Latham, G. P., & Yukl, G. A.
- Affiliations
- Weyerhaeuser (United States) (US)
- Baruch College (US)
- ORCID
- Latham, G. P.
- Venue
- Academy of Management Journal
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 1975-12-01
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 824-845
- ISSN
- 0001-4273 (ISSN-L)
- 1948-0989
- OpenAlex
- W2031619427
- Cited by
- 588
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 29.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Academy of Management Journal (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Employee Performance and Management
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Human Behavior and Motivation
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Employee Performance and Motivation
- Keywords
- goal setting, employee motivation, organizational management, performance evaluation (human resources), goal difficulty, goal specificity, feedback
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