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Goal Difficulty Effects

Goal Difficulty Effects is a psychological construct that refers to the phenomenon whereby the level of effort, persistence, and performance in task execution systematically varies as a function of the perceived or assigned difficulty of a goal.

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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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Effects of Budgetary Goal Characteristics on Managerial Attitudes and Performance

Wu Li, Xia Nan, Mo Zhou · 2010 · 335 citations

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Effect of goal acceptance on the relationship of goal difficulty to performance.

Miriam Erez, Isaac Zidon · Journal of Applied Psychology · 1984 · 329 citations

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Importance of participative goal setting and anticipated rewards on goal difficulty and job performance.

Gary P. Latham, Terence R. Mitchell, Dennis L. Dossett · Journal of Applied Psychology · 1978 · 267 citations

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Authors

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  1. GP
    Gary P. Latham

    University of Toronto, Canada

    16 publications · 3.7K citations

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  2. EA
    Edwin A. Locke

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    12 publications · 3.5K citations

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  3. RA
    Rex A. Wright

    University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States

    7 publications · 588 citations

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  4. GS
    Gerard Seijts

    Western University, Canada

    6 publications · 366 citations

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  5. RS
    Robert S. Weinberg

    Miami University, United States

    5 publications · 163 citations

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Institutions

165

  1. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    11 h-index

    16 publications

    5.1K citations

  2. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    10 h-index

    14 publications

    3.9K citations

  3. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    220 citations

  4. Western University

    London, Canada

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    432 citations

  5. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    371 citations

  6. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    570 citations

  7. University of North Texas

    Denton, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    399 citations

  8. New York University

    New York, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    473 citations

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  1. Journal of Applied Psychology

    24 publications · 2.5K citations

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  3. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    7 publications · 716 citations

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  4. Academy of Management Journal

    AMJ · 7 publications · 452 citations

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  5. Human Performance

    6 publications · 356 citations

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