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Peer reviewedYukl, Gary A.; Latham, Gary P. – Personnel Psychology, 1978
Discussed is a model for goal setting, which is based on Locke's theory that difficult but clear and specific goals, if accepted, will result in higher performance than easy goals, nonspecific goals, or no goals at all. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Hypothesis Testing, Models, Objectives
Download full textSirotnik, Kenneth A.; Hruby, Mary L. – 1971
This paper suggests ways of structuring the content of feedback experimentally to test hypotheses of interest. Use of the feedback process in this manner suggests a variety of research and intervention tactics, many of them unexplored and some of them implying ethically questionable conduct. Consideration of this question also helps illuminate the…
Descriptors: Feedback, Goal Orientation, Hypothesis Testing, Information Utilization
