New Developments in Goal Setting and Task Performance

Edwin A. Locke, Gary P. Latham, Edwin A. Locke, Gary P. Latham

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780815390879
• eBook ISBN: 9781136180958
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Business

This book concentrates on the last twenty years of research in the area of goal setting and performance at work. The editors and contributors believe goals affect action, and this volume has a lineup of international contributors who look at the recent theories and implications in this area for IO psychologists and human resource management academics and graduate students.

Part I The Basics

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• Acknowledgements
• About the Editors
• About the Authors
• Part I The Basics
• 1 Goal Setting Theory, 1990
• 2 The Economic Value of Goal Setting to Employers
• 3 Stretch Goals Risks, Possibilities, and Best Practices
• Part II Mediators and Moderators
• 4 Attributions and Emotions as Mediators and/or Moderators in the Goal-Striving Process
• 5 Feedback, Goal Setting, and Task Performance Revisited
• 6 Goal Commitment
• 7 Goals, Goal Orientations, Strategies, and Performance
• Part III Special Goal Topics
• 8 Goals and Affect
• 9 Determinants of Goals
• 10 The Role of Self-Efficacy in Goal-Based Motivation
• 11 Goals and Self-Regulation Emerging Perspectives across Levels and Time
• 12 Multiple Goal Pursuit
• 13 Learning Goals A Qualitative and Quantitative Review
• 14 Goals and Self-Efficacy as Mediators
• Part IV Long Term and Large Scale Goal Setting Programs and Studies
• 15 Long-Term Effects of Goal Setting on Performance with the Productivity Measurement and Enhancement System (ProMES)
• 16 The Predictive Validity of Conscious and Subconscious Motives on Career Advancement
• 17 Goal Setting and Organizational Transformation
• 18 A Quantitative Analysis of the High Performance Cycle in Italy
• Part V Goals in Groups and at the Macro Level
• 19 Goal Setting in Teams
• 20 Units, Divisions, and Organizations Macro-Level Goal Setting
• Part VI Goal Setting in Specific Domains
• 21 The Relevance of Goal Setting Theory for Human Resource Management
• 22 Goals and Creativity
• 23 Leadership and Goal Setting
• 24 Goal Setting in Sports
• 25 Goals and Negotiation
• 26 Using Goal Setting to Promote Health Behavior Change Diet and Physical Activity
• 27 Linking Goals and Aging Experimental and Lifespan Approaches
• 28 Goals and Entreprenuership
• 29 Working with Goals in Therapy
• 30 Goal Setting in the Academic Arena
• Part VII Cross Cultural Issues in Goal Setting
• 31 Cross-Cultural Issues in Goal Setting
• Part VIII Goals and the Subconscious
• 32 Regulating Goal Pursuit Through Mental Contrasting with Implementation Intentions
• 33 Priming Subconscious Goals
• Part IX Problems and Pitfalls
• 34 Potential Pitfalls in Goal Setting and How to Avoid Them
• Part X The Goal Setting Questionnaire
• 35 Re-Examining the Goal-Setting Questionnaire
• Part XI Goal Setting and Self Development
• 36 Using Goal Setting Theory to Promote Personal Development
• Part XII Overview and Conclusions
• 37 Goal Setting Theory The Current State
• Author Index
• Subject Index