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Additive Effects of Task Difficulty and Goal Setting on Subsequent Task Performance.

The setting of difficult goals consistently has been found to improve performance in both laboratory and field settings. However, the setting of difficult goals has sometimes been confounded with the difficulty of the task. This especially is true in field studies where the difficulty of goals and m...

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Published in:Journal of Applied Psychology Vol. 61; no. 3; pp. 319 - 325
Main Authors: Campbell, Donald J., Ilgen, Daniel R.
Format: Article
Published: American Psychological Association Jun76
Subjects:
Chess
Task analysis
Goal setting in personnel management
College students
Goal (Psychology)
Factorial experiment designs
Problem solving
Fieldwork (Educational method)
Applied psychology
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