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Assigned Goal Setting

Assigned Goal Setting is a goal-setting approach within team dynamics wherein specific objectives are determined and delegated by an external authority or higher-level management, distinguishing it from autonomous or participative goal-setting methods by its top-down, prescriptive nature.

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2017–2026

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New Directions in Goal-Setting Theory

Edwin A. Locke, Gary P. Latham · Current Directions in Psychological Science · 2006 · 2K citations · Full text

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Resolving scientific disputes by the joint design of crucial experiments by the antagonists: Application to the Erez–Latham dispute regarding participation in goal setting.

Gary P. Latham, Miriam Erez, Edwin A. Locke · Journal of Applied Psychology · 1988 · 360 citations

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THE IMPACT OF PARTICIPATION ON GOAL ACCEPTANCE AND PERFORMANCE: A TWO-STEP MODEL.

Miriam Erez, P. Christopher Earley, Charles L. Hulin · Academy of Management Journal · 1985 · 247 citations

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Supervisors' exceedingly difficult goals and abusive supervision: The mediating effects of hindrance stress, anger, and anxiety

Mary B. Mawritz, Robert Folger, Gary P. Latham · Journal of Organizational Behavior · 2013 · 222 citations · Full text

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Assigned versus participative goal setting with educated and uneducated woods workers.

Gary P. Latham, Gary Yukl · Journal of Applied Psychology · 1975 · 189 citations

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Authors

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  1. GP
    Gary P. Latham

    University of Toronto, Canada

    11 publications · 3.4K citations

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  2. EA
    Edwin A. Locke

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    3 publications · 2.5K citations

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  3. GY
    Gary Yukl

    University at Albany, State University of New York, United States

    3 publications · 376 citations

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  4. ME
    Miriam Erez

    Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

    3 publications · 709 citations

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  5. TR
    Terence R. Mitchell

    University of Washington, United States

    2 publications · 161 citations

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Institutions

55

  1. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    337 citations

  2. Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

    Haifa, Israel

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    349 citations

  3. Weyerhaeuser (United States)

    Federal Way, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    366 citations

  4. University of Missouri–St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    136 citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    4.3K citations

  6. Western University

    London, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    225 citations

  7. Minnesota Department of Education

    Roseville, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

  8. Dakota State University

    Madison, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Applied Psychology

    14 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. Journal of Applied Social Psychology

    4 publications · 131 citations

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  3. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

    JSEP · 3 publications · 137 citations

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  4. Academy of Management Journal

    AMJ · 2 publications · 367 citations

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  5. Personnel Psychology

    2 publications · 177 citations

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