Journal of Management · 1983 · 31 citations · 11 references
ManagementPsychologyGoal SettingIndividual DifferencesPerformance TheoryAssigned GoalsEmployee MotivationGoal DifficultyIntrinsic MotivationMotivationPerformance GoalsAssigned Task GoalsGoal Difficulty Effects
The effects of participative versus assigned goal setting on intrinsic motivation were investigated for interesting and boring tasks. Par ticipative and assigned goal setting have no significantly different effects on performance if the goal is held consistently difficult. Participative and assigned goal setting have different effects on intrinsic motivation at different levels of task interest.
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Goal setting and task performance: 1969–1980.
Edwin A. Locke, Karyll N. Shaw, Lise M. Saari et al. · Psychological Bulletin · 1981 · 2.5K citations
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