The determinants of goal commitment

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The concept and measurement of commitment to goals, a key aspect of goal-setting theory, are discussed. The strength of the relationship between commitment and performance is asserted to depend on the amount of variance in commitment. Three major categories of determinants of commitment are discussed: external factors (authority, peer influence, external rewards), interactive factors (participation and competition), and internal factors (expectancy, internal rewards). Applications of these ideas are made and new research directions are suggested. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Analysis, Human resource management, Choice (Psychology), Goal setting

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What should we do about motivation theory? Six recommendations for the twenty-first century

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Six recommendations are presented for building theories of work motivation that are more valid, more complete, broader in scope, and more useful to practitioners than existing theories. The first recommendation is to integrate extant theories by using existing meta-analyses in order to build a megatheory of work motivation.

United States, Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Legal/Government Regulation, Motivational Techniques, Laws, regulations and rules, Employee motivation

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