Has goal setting gone wild or have its attackers abandoned good scholarship?

Academy of Management Perspectives

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-23

  Locke, Edwin A ^a   Latham, Gary P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 65349189640     PISSN: 15589080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMP.2009.37008000     Document Type: Article

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