Description
This book concentrates on the last twenty years of research in the area of goal setting and performance at work. The editors and contributors believe goals affect action, and this volume has a lineup of international contributors who look at the recent theories and implications in this area for IO psychologists and human resource management academics and graduate students.
Author: Edwin A. Locke
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 12/21/2017
Pages: 688
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.38d
ISBN13: 9780815390879
ISBN10: 0815390874
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Industrial & Organizational Psychology
- Business & Economics | Human Resources & Personnel Management
About the Author
Edwin A. Locke is Dean's Professor of Leadership and Motivation (Emeritus) at the R.H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his BA from Harvard in 1960 and his Ph.D. in Industrial Psychology from Cornell University in 1964
Gary P. Latham is the Secretary of State Professor of Organizational Effectiveness in the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto where he has cross appointments in Industrial Relations, School of Nursing and the Department of Psychology. His previous positions include staff psychologist at the American Pulpwood Association and the Weyerhaeuser Company and Ford Motor Professor in and Chair of the Management and Organization Department of the University of Washington.
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