Building a practically useful theory of goal setting and task motivation.

Locke, E. A., & Latham, G. P. (2002). Building a practically useful theory of goal setting and task motivation. American Psychologist, 57(9), 705-717.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2002

Volume

57

Issue

9

Pages

705-717

DOI

10.1037/0003-066X.57.9.705

DOI registrant

American Psychological Association

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organizational_management, psychology

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• Self-Efficacy
  • Mild over-confidence improves exploration, persistence, and recovery from failure; strict calibration can produce premature withdrawal from challenging tasks that the person would have succeeded at with sustained effort.

    This sourceIntegration of goal-setting and self-efficacy; documents joint effects on performance and the calibration tension.

• Visioning
  • Convergence pressure comes from real sources (timelines, resource constraints, stakeholder fatigue); mature practice resists premature closure while still delivering timely output

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