Goal commitment and the goal-setting process: Conceptual clarification and empirical synthesis

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Klein, HJ; Wesson, MJ; Hollenbeck, JR; Alge, BJ
• 署名单位: University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; Michigan State University; Michigan State University's Broad College of Business
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.84.6.885
• 发表日期: 1999
• 页码: 885-896

摘要

Goals are central to current treatments of work motivation, and goal commitment is a critical construct in understanding the relationship between goals and task performance. Despite this importance, there is confusion about the role of goal commitment and only recently has this key construct received the empirical attention it warrants. This meta-analysis, based on 83 independent samples, updates the goal commitment literature by summarizing the accumulated evidence on the antecedents and consequences of goal commitment. Using this aggregate empirical evidence, the role of goal commitment in the goal-setting process is clarified and key areas for future research are identified.