Importance of supportive relationships in goal setting.

Toward a theory of task motivation and incentives

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

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Assigned versus participative goal setting with educated and uneducated woods workers.

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Effects of assigned and participative goal setting on performance and job satisfaction.

Gary P. Latham, Gary Yukl · Journal of Applied Psychology · 1976 · 177 citations

Management, Organization Studies, Organizational Behavior +12