New Developments in Goal Setting and Task Performance [Hardcover]

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.

Introduction Edwin A. Locke and Gary P. LathamPart 1: The Basics1. Goal Setting Theory, 1990 Edwin A. Locke and Gary P. Latham2. The Economic Value of Goal Setting to Employers Frank L. Schmidt3. Stretch goals:  Risks, Possibilities and Best Practices Steve Kerr and Doug LepelleyPart 2: Mediators and Moderators4. Attributions and Emotions as Mediators and/or Moderators in the Goal Striving Process Marion B. Eberly, Dong Liu, Terence R. Mitchell and Thomas W. Lee5. Feedback, Goal Setting and Task Performance Revisited Susan J. Ashford and Kathleen E. M. DeStobbeleir6. Goal Commitment Howard J. Klein, Joseph T. Cooper and ChristinaA. Monahan7. Goals, Goal Orientations, Strategies and Performance Robert E. Wood, Jennifer Whelan, Victor Sojo and Moureen WongPart 3: Special Goal Topics8. Goals and Affect Stefanie A. Plemmons and Howard M. Weiss9. Determinants of Goals Peter A. Heslin and Karyn L. Wang 10. The Role of Self Efficacy in Goal-Based Motivation Albert Bandura 11. Goals and Self-regulation: Emerging Perspectives across Levels and Time David V. Day and Kerrie L. Unsworth 12. Multiple Goal Pursuit Sun Shuhua and Michael Frese13. Learning Goals: A Qualitative and Quantitative Review, Gerard H. Seijts Gary P. Latham and Meredith Woodwark14. Goals and Self Efficacy as Mediators Pel3*