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ERIC Number: EJ189769
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Interrelationships among Employee Participation, Individual Differences, Goal Difficulty, Goal Acceptance, Goal Instrumentality, and Performance.
Yukl, Gary A.; Latham, Gary P.
Personnel Psychology, v31 n2 p305-23 Sum 1978, 78
Discussed is a model for goal setting, which is based on Locke's theory that difficult but clear and specific goals, if accepted, will result in higher performance than easy goals, nonspecific goals, or no goals at all. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Hypothesis Testing, Models, Objectives, Participation, Psychological Studies, Research Methodology, Task Performance
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Language: English
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