The moderating role of goal commitment on the goal difficulty performance relationship: A meta-analytic review and critical reanalysis

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Donovan, JJ; Radosevich, DJ
• 署名单位: State University of New York (SUNY) System; University at Albany, SUNY
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.83.2.308
• 发表日期: 1998
• 页码: 308-315

摘要

Despite the nearly unanimous view that goal commitment is a vital component of goal setting, few studies have empirically assessed its hypothesized role as a moderator of the goal-performance relationship. In addition, those studies that have examined the moderating effects of goal commitment have presented inconsistent conclusions. To clarify this situation, a meta-analysis was conducted to examine the overall strength of the moderating effect of goal commitment. The results indicated that the Goal Difficulty X Goal Commitment effect accounted for less than 3% of the variance in task performance. Additionally, the type of goal commitment measure used (self-report vs, discrepancy) was a significant moderator of this relationship. Measurement issues and directions for future conceptualizations of the goal commitment construct are discussed.