New Developments in Goal Setting and Task Performance

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Introduction......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
About the Editors......Page 15
About the Authors......Page 17
PART I The Basics\r......Page 26
1 Goal Setting Theory, 1990......Page 28
2 The Economic Value of Goal Setting to Employers......Page 41
3 Stretch Goals: Risks, Possibilities, and Best Practices......Page 46
PART II Mediators and Moderators......Page 58
4 Attributions and Emotions as Mediators and/or Moderators in the Goal-Striving Process......Page 60
5 Feedback, Goal Setting, and Task Performance Revisited......Page 76
6 Goal Commitment......Page 90
7 Goals, Goal Orientations, Strategies, and Performance......Page 115
PART III Special Goal Topics......Page 140
8 Goals and Affect......Page 142
9 Determinants of Goals......Page 158
10 The Role of Self-Efficacy in Goal-Based Motivation......Page 172
11 Goals and Self-regulation: Emerging Perspectives across Levels and Time......Page 183
12 Multiple Goal Pursuit......Page 202
13 Learning Goals: A Qualitative and Quantitative Review......Page 220
14 Goals and Self-Efficacy as Mediators......Page 238
PART IV Long-Term and Large Scale Goal Setting Programs and Studies......Page 256
15 Long-Term Effects of Goal Setting on Performance with the Productivity Measurement and Enhancement System (ProMES)\r......Page 258
16 The Predictive Validity of Conscious and Subconscious Motives on Career Advancement......Page 271
17 Goal Setting and Organizational Transformation......Page 287
18 A Quantitative Analysis of the High Performance Cycle in Italy......Page 295
PART V Goals in Groups and at the Macro Level......Page 310
19 Goal Setting in Teams......Page 312
20 Units, Divisions, and Organizations: Macro-Level Goal Setting......Page 336
PART VI Goal Setting in Specific Domains......Page 354
21 The Relevance of Goal Setting Theory for Human Resource Management\r......Page 356
22 Goals and Creativity......Page 368
23 Leadership and Goal Setting......Page 382
24 Goal Setting in Sports......Page 400
25 Goals and Negotiation......Page 422
26 Using Goal Setting to Promote Health Behaviour Change: Diet and Physical Activity......Page 440
27 Linking Goals and Aging: Experimental and Lifespan Approaches......Page 464
28 Goals and Entrepreneurship......Page 485
29 Working with Goals in Therapy......Page 499
30 Goal Setting in the Academic Arena......Page 520
PART VII Cross Cultural Issues in Goal Setting......Page 532
31 Cross-Cultural Issues in Goal Setting......Page 534
PART VIII Goals and the Subconscious......Page 546
32 Regulating Goal Pursuit Through Mental Contrasting with Implementation Intentions\r......Page 548
33 Priming Subconscious Goals......Page 574
PART IX Problems and Pitfalls......Page 592
34 Potential Pitfalls in Goal Setting and How to Avoid Them......Page 594
PART X The Goal Setting Questionnaire......Page 606
35 Re-Examining the Goal-Setting Questionnaire......Page 608
PART XI Goal Setting and Self Development......Page 626
36 Using Goal Setting Theory to Promote Personal Development......Page 628
PART XII Overview and Conclusions......Page 646
37 Goal Setting Theory: The Current State......Page 648
Author Index......Page 656
Subject Index......Page 678