Goal setting: constructive or destructive? Goal setting as a motivator of unethical behavior at group level. / Drawback of goal setting at group level

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Au-Yeung, Sze Yan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 57-62). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.iii / Abstract --- p.iv / Chapter Chapter 1- --- Introduction / Goal Setting Theory and its effectiveness --- p.1 / Potential drawbacks of Goal Setting Theory --- p.3 / A motivator of unethical behaviour: individual and group level --- p.5 / Goal proximity and ethical behavior --- p.9 / Goal commitment and Unethical Behaviors --- p.9 / Chapter Chapter2- --- Method --- p.12 / Participants --- p.12 / Task and Procedures --- p.12 / Manipulations --- p.19 / Chapter Chapter 3- --- Result / Main Analyses --- p.20 / "Goal assignment methods, work setting conditions, and performance" --- p.22 / "Goal assignment methods, work setting conditions and work effort" --- p.23 / "Goal assignment methods, work setting, feedback and performance overstatement" --- p.25 / Goal proximity and unethical behaviour. --- p.32 / The mediating role of goal commitment --- p.36 / Goal assignment methods and participants 'perceptions --- p.39 / Chapter Chapter 4- --- Discussion --- p.43 / Goal setting and performance --- p.43 / "Goal setting, work setting, feedback and unethical behavior" --- p.46 / "Goal setting, work setting, goal proximity and unethical behavior" --- p.49 / Mediating role of goal commitment --- p.50 / Chapter Chapter 5- --- Conclusion and Implications --- p.51 / Limitations and future studies --- p.53 / Reference --- p.57 / Chapter Appendix I --- Workbook --- p.63 / Chapter Appendix II --- Goal commitment scale --- p.82 / Chapter Appendix III --- Instruction sheet for group setting condition --- p.83

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Goal (Psychology)

Employee motivation

Industrial management

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_327595
Date	January 2011
Contributors	Au-Yeung, Sze Yan., 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, vi, 83 leaves ; 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/)