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Performance Goal Setting

Performance Goal Setting is a process-level construct within goal-setting theory that refers to the establishment of objectives focused on demonstrating competence relative to others or achieving normative standards, distinguished from mastery goals by its emphasis on outperforming others or attaining performance-based outcomes rather than developing competence through learning and task mastery.

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A Theory of Goal Setting and Task Performance

Henry L. Tosi, Edwin A. Locke, Gary P. Latham · Academy of Management Review · 1991 · 4.9K citations

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A Theory of Goal Setting and Task PerformanceA Theory of Goal Setting and Task Performance, by LockeEdwin A. and LathamGary P.. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1990.

Henry L. Tosi · Academy of Management Review · 1991 · 4.2K citations

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Goals: An approach to motivation and achievement.

Elaine Elliott, Carol S. Dweck · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1988 · 2.5K citations

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Goals: An approach to motivation and achievement.

Elaine Elliott, Carol S. Dweck · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1988 · 1.8K citations

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A Conceptual History of the Achievement Goal Construct.

Andrew J. Elliot · 2005 · 955 citations

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  1. GP
    Gary P. Latham

    University of Toronto, Canada

    23 publications · 8.9K citations

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  2. EA
    Edwin A. Locke

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    16 publications · 7.7K citations

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  3. DB
    Damon Burton

    University of Idaho, United States

    8 publications · 458 citations

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  4. RS
    Robert S. Weinberg

    Miami University, United States

    8 publications · 378 citations

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  5. PC
    P. Christopher Earley

    University of Arizona, United States

    8 publications · 852 citations

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  1. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    13 h-index

    15 publications

    2.5K citations

  2. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    2K citations

  3. University of Rochester

    Rochester, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    2.4K citations

  4. University of Houston

    Houston, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    637 citations

  5. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. University of Idaho

    Moscow, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    465 citations

  7. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    519 citations

  8. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    279 citations

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  1. Journal of Applied Psychology

    36 publications · 5.5K citations

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  2. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management

    10 publications · 314 citations

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  3. The Sport Psychologist

    10 publications · 468 citations

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  4. Journal of Educational Psychology

    10 publications · 1.9K citations

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  5. Psychology of sport and exercise

    7 publications · 580 citations

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