<p>In order to discover how maximum performance could be achieved when setting goals two hypotheses was tested difficulty would result in lowered performance due to goal rejection. In the experiment conducted it was found that goal difficulty had a strong positive correlation to performance, but goal rejection did not occur even with unattainable goals. Recommendations and suggestions when setting goals as a manager are given as well as a discussion on why goal rejection did not occur.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:uu-9007 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Linde, Christian, Scholander, Erik |
| Publisher | Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies, Uppsala : Företagsekonomiska institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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