Goal setting and goal orientation: An integration of two different yet related literatures

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-239

  Seijts, Gerard H ^a   Latham, Gary P ^b   Tasa, Kevin ^c   Latham, Brandon W ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Can Psychol Assoc Perf Network

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EID: 3042621155     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20159574     Document Type: Article

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