Law, Wing Sze Vikki. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 38-40). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgements --- p.ii / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Background of Goal Setting Theory --- p.1 / The Dark Side of Goal Setting --- p.2 / How does goal setting motivate unethical behavior? --- p.5 / Organizational climate encourages unethical behavior --- p.6 / Costs of goal failure and the benefits of unethical behavior --- p.6 / The effects of extrinsic reward --- p.8 / "Goal proximity and the ""Goal Looms Larger Effect""" --- p.9 / Mediating role of goal commitment --- p.9 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Method --- p.11 / Participants and Design --- p.11 / Task and Procedures --- p.11 / Manipulations --- p.12 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Result --- p.15 / Main Analyses --- p.15 / Goal assignment methods and perceived goal difficulty and specificity --- p.15 / Goal assignment methods and perceived level of challenge and stress --- p.16 / Goal assignment methods and performance --- p.17 / Goal assignment and work effort --- p.19 / Performance overstatement and understatement --- p.20 / Goal assignment methods and unethical behavior --- p.23 / Goal proximity and unethical behavior --- p.24 / Goal assignment and goal commitment --- p.25 / The mediating role of goal commitment on unethical behavior --- p.26 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Discussion --- p.28 / Goal setting and work effort --- p.28 / Goal setting and performance --- p.29 / The Dark side of goal setting --- p.30 / Goal proximity --- p.32 / Mediating role of goal commitment --- p.32 / Goal setting and goal commitment --- p.32 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Conclusion and Implications --- p.34 / Limitations and future studies --- p.36 / Reference --- p.38 / Appendix I Workbook --- p.41 / Appendix II Goal commitment scale --- p.61
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326108 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Contributors | Law, Wing Sze Vikki., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Psychology. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, iv, 61 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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