Goal setting and goal orientation: An integration of two different yet related literatures

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Seijts, GH; Latham, GP; Tasa, K; Latham, BW
• 署名单位: Western University (University of Western Ontario); University of Toronto; McMaster University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/20159574
• 发表日期: 2004
• 页码: 227-239
• 关键词: performance; motivation; MODEL

摘要

Uniting separate research streams on situational and dispositional goals, we investigated goal setting and goal orientation together in a complex business simulation. A specific learning goal led to higher performance than did either a specific performance goal or a vague goal. Goal orientation predicted performance when the goal was vague. The performance goal attenuated correlations between goal orientation and performance. The correlation between a learning goal orientation and performance was significant when a learning goal was set. Self-efficacy and information search mediated the effect of a learning goal on performance.