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The dark side of goal setting: how does the practice of goal setting motivate unethical behavior in organizations?.

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

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326108
Date January 2007
ContributorsLaw, Wing Sze Vikki., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Psychology.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, iv, 61 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse 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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