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Goal Attainment Difficulty

Goal Attainment Difficulty is a theoretical construct in goal-setting theory that denotes the degree of effort, skill, or resources required to achieve a specific goal, distinguished from related constructs by its focus on the inherent challenge of reaching a predefined outcome rather than the process or motivation involved.

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Self-Efficacy: Implications for Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Marilyn E. Gist · Academy of Management Review · 1987 · 1.3K citations

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Goal attainment scaling (GAS) in rehabilitation: a practical guide

Lynne Turner‐Stokes · Clinical Rehabilitation · 2009 · 851 citations

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Self-Efficacy: Implications for Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Marilyn E. Gist · Academy of Management Review · 1987 · 508 citations

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Perceived difficulty, energization, and the magnitude of goal valence

Jack W. Brehm, Rex A. Wright, Sheldon Solomon et al. · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 1983 · 244 citations

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Transformational leadership, goal difficulty, and job design: independent and interactive effects on employee outcomes

J. Lee Whittington, Vicki L. Goodwin, Brian Murray · The Leadership Quarterly · 2004 · 204 citations

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    Patrick M. Wright

    Cornell University, United States

    2 publications · 34 citations

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    Terence R. Mitchell

    University of Washington, United States

    2 publications · 161 citations

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  3. EA
    Edwin A. Locke

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    2 publications · 144 citations

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  4. LT
    Lynne Turner‐Stokes

    Northwick Park Hospital, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 936 citations

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    Marilyn E. Gist

    University of Washington, United States

    2 publications · 1.8K citations

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  1. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    115 citations

  2. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    188 citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    60 citations

  4. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    2 h-index

    1 publications

    51 citations

  5. University of Kansas

    Lawrence, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    112 citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    182 citations

  7. INSEAD

    Singapore, Singapore

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  8. University of Rhode Island

    Kingston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

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  2. Gait & Posture

    2 publications · 45 citations

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  3. Academy of Management Review

    AMR · 2 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. Academy of Management Journal

    AMJ · 2 publications · 24 citations

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  5. Journal of Applied Psychology

    2 publications · 161 citations

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