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Motivation: Theory and Research (Chap. 2 "Goal Setting Theory") » Read Now
by Harold F. O'Neil Jr., Michael Drillings. 332 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...The approach to motivation via conscious goal setting was begun in the...lie in the realm of motivation. Goal setting theory most fully...Proximal versus distal goal...
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Work Motivation (Chap. 3 "An Action Control Conceptualization of Goal-Setting and Feedback Effects") » Read Now
by Uwe Kleinbeck, Hans-Henning Quast, Henk Thierry, Hartmut Hacker. 286 pgs.

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...0-8058-0452-8 1. Employee motivation--Congresses. 2. Goal setting in personnel management...1986 . Participative goal-setting: Social, motivational and cognitive fac...G...
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From Management Goal Setting to Organizational Results: Transforming Strategies into Action ("The Motivational Basis for Goal Setting" p. 36) » Read Now
by Keith Curtis. 212 pgs.

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Shows how managers in any organizational setting can improve their own and their teams' results through a unique, step-by-step approach to setting goals and then - most importantly - by putting them into action. Curtis lays bare the linkages between organizational culture, philosophy, ethics, and...
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Shows how managers in any organizational setting can improve their own and their teams' results through a unique, step-by-step approach to setting goals and then - most importantly - by putting them into action. Curtis lays bare the linkages between organizational culture, philosophy, ethics, and the management of information and change, and shows how they contribute to goal setting and achievement. Throughout Curtis argues that deciding "what to do" may be an essential component of goal setting, but the real challenge is in "getting things done", and it is here that so many goal-setting systems fall. Part I begins by establishing the foundation for the remainder of the book. It addresses the managerial philosophy underlying goal setting. The theory of goal setting is covered in Part II. Studies are reviewed that show that organizations, teams, and individuals that set clear, challenging goals produce better results than those who do not. The next part begins by addressing goal setting from an organizational perspective. Team goal setting follows. Techniques for individual goal setting are discussed in Part V. Part VI pulls organizational, team, and individual goal setting together by examining the ways information must be managed in a goal-oriented setting. Part VII, Change and Goal Setting, provides the techniques necessary to implement the goal-setting philosophy in a rapidly changing world. The book concludes with an examination of the ultimate purpose of management, to produce positive results.
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Work Motivation in the Senior Executive Service: Testing the High Performance Cycle Theory, in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory » Read Now
by Sally Coleman Selden, Gene A. Brewer. 20 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...E.A. 1997 "Motivation through Goal Setting." Working paper...G.P. 1984a Goal Setting: A Motivational Technique that...Hall. 1984b Goal Setting for Individuals...1990a "Work...
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Motivation for Achievement: Possibilities for Teaching and Learning (Chap. 4 "Goals and Goal Setting") » Read Now
by M. Kay Alderman. 282 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...Ability and Motivation 57...Goals and Goal Setting 88...interest, goal setting, and self...that this motivational inequality...about the motivation strategies of goal...
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Motivation and Learning Strategies for College Success: A Self-Management Approach (Chap. 4 "Goal Setting") » Read Now
by Myron H. Dembo. 270 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Understanding Motivation 42...Chapter 4 Goal Setting 67...Why is Goal Setting Important...Goals Enhance Motivation? 72...focuses on motivational strategies. Chapter 4 --...
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Motivating Students to Learn Better through Own Goal-Setting, in Education » Read Now
by Lowell E. Madden. 4 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...learn. 2) Goal-setting increases motivation in students...to learn is a motivational factor. 4) Goal-setting improves the...of individual goal setting accompanied...very...
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An Exploratory Study of Academic Goal Setting, Achievement Calibration and Self-Regulated Learning, in Journal of Instructional Psychology » Read Now
by Linda S. Garavalia, Margaret E. Gredler. 10 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...of individual goal-setting conferences on...1994). Regulating motivation and cognition...Self-monitoring and goal setting in private study...DeGroot, E. (1990)...
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Goal Setting and Attainment in Graduate Student Training Groups, in College Student Journal » Read Now
by Kristin M. Perrone, Christine L. Smith, Torie E. Carlson. 6 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...together: Group theory and group skills. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn Bacon. Locke, E.A. (1996). Motivation through conscious goal setting. Applied and Preventative...
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Motivation and Emotion (Chap. 5 "Psychological Theories of Motivation") » Read Now
by Phil Gorman. 172 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

"Motivation and Emotion provides an explanation of emotional experience and aspects of human behavior using psychological, physiological, and alternative approaches. The brain mechanisms that govern motivations are discussed, and the types of emotional responses and explanations of emotional...
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"Motivation and Emotion provides an explanation of emotional experience and aspects of human behavior using psychological, physiological, and alternative approaches. The brain mechanisms that govern motivations are discussed, and the types of emotional responses and explanations of emotional behavior are covered. The book analyzes psychological, physiological, and combined approaches to theories of motivation and emotion.
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Motivation, Planning, and Action: A Relational Theory of Behavior Dynamics (Chap. 5 "From Needs to Goals and Plans") » Read Now
by Joseph Nuttin, Raymond P. Lorion, Jean E. Dumas. 251 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library