AN ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE GOALS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE

Abstract

Two experiments were carried out in which goal instructions were used in an attempt to produce variation in performance goals and thus performance level. Factorially independent performance tasks (where relatively little learning was possible) were used in the two experiments. When subjects were grouped according to their stated a posteriori performance goals, highly significant goal effects were found.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 03, 1965
Accession Number
AD0709522

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  • Edwin A. Locke
  • Judith F. Bryan

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  • American Institutes for Research

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