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Study on setting goal difficulty for short non- recurring tasks to maximize performance.

Year: 2006

Type: dissertation

Abstract: In order to discover how maximum performance could be achieved when setting goals two hypotheses was tested difficulty would result in lowered performance due to goal rejection. In the experiment conducted it was found that goal difficulty had a strong positive correlation to performance, but goal rejection did not occur even with unattainable goals. Recommendations and suggestions when setting goals as a manager are given as well as a discussion on why goal rejection did not occur.

Source: KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

Authors: Christian van der Linde, Erik Scholander

Language: English

Topic: Employee Performance and Motivation

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2147157417

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