Stretch Goals

Stretch Goals is a type of goal characterized by its substantially higher difficulty and ambitiousness relative to an individual's or group's current capabilities, serving to drive exceptional performance beyond routine expectations.

Publications

642

Citations

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Publications per year

2017–2026

Parents

Goal Setting

Children

Aspirational Goal SettingGoal Gradient EffectsGoal Pursuit DynamicsIdeal GoalsMotivation Under Ambitious GoalsStretch Goal DesignStretch Goal ImplementationTask Challenge

Publications

The Paradox of Stretch Goals: Organizations in Pursuit of the Seemingly Impossible

Sim B. Sitkin, Kelly E. See, C. Chet Miller et al. · Academy of Management Review · 2011 · 237 citations

Management, Organization Studies, Organizational Behavior +12

Stretch Goals and the Distribution of Organizational Performance

Michael Shayne Gary, Miles M. Yang, Philip Yetton et al. · Organization Science · 2017 · 84 citations · Full text

Management, Organizational Behavior, Performance Management +11

The Paradox of Stretch Goals: Organizations in Pursuit of the Seemingly Impossible.

Sim B. Sitkin, Kelly E. See, C. Chet Miller et al. · Academy of Management Review · 2011 · 83 citations

Management, Organization Studies, Organizational Behavior +10

Using stretch goals to promote organizational effectiveness and personal growth: General Electric and Goldman Sachs

Steven Kerr, Steffen Landauer · Academy of Management Perspectives · 2004 · 57 citations

Management, Organizational Behavior, Performance Management +17

Mission impossible? The paradoxes of stretch goal setting

Miguel Piña e Cunha, Luca Giustiniano, Arménio Rego et al. · Management Learning · 2016 · 57 citations · Full text

Management, Organization Studies, Organizational Behavior +10

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Authors

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Andrew M. Carton
Duke University, United States
2 publications · 320 citations
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Kelly E. See
University of Colorado Denver, United States
2 publications · 320 citations
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Ming Jia
Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
2 publications · 49 citations
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Michael W. Lawless
University of Colorado Boulder, United States
2 publications · 320 citations
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Zhe Zhang
Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
2 publications · 49 citations
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Institutions

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Venues

Academy of Management Review
AMR · 2 publications · 320 citations
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Organization Science
2 publications · 117 citations
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Management Decision
1 publications · 30 citations
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Chinese Management Studies
1 publications · 19 citations
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The Physician and Sportsmedicine
1 publications · 10 citations
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