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PENGARUH GOAL SETTING TERHADAP PERFORMANCE : TINJAUAN TEORITIS

Surya Dharma Ginting, Dorothea Wahyu Ariani

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This article is the conceptual view of goal setting theory and effects of goal setting on individual performance. Goal setting is recognized, and is a major theory of work motivation. Difficult goals have consistently been shown to lead to higher levels of performance than easy goals. If there is no commitment, a goal can have no motivational effect. Goals are central to current treatments of work motivation, and goal commitment is a necessary condition for difficult goals to result in higher task performance.Keywords : goals, goal-setting theory, performance

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This article is the conceptual view of goal setting theory and effects of goal setting on individual performance. Goal setting is recognized, and is a major theory of work motivation. Difficult goals have consistently been shown to lead to higher levels of performance than easy goals. If there is no commitment, a goal can have no motivational effect. Goals are central to current treatments of work motivation, and goal commitment is a necessary condition for difficult goals to result in higher task performance.Keywords : goals, goal-setting theory, performance

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This article is the conceptual view of goal setting theory and effects of goal setting on individual performance. Goal setting is recognized, and is a major theory of work motivation. Difficult goals have consistently been shown to lead to higher levels of performance than easy goals. If there is no commitment, a goal can have no motivational effect. Goals are central to current treatments of work motivation, and goal commitment is a necessary condition for difficult goals to result in higher task performance.Keywords : goals, goal-setting theory, performance

Key concepts: Goal setting, Task (project management), Goal theory, Goal orientation, Work motivation, Work (physics), Psychology, Process management

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