Management Papers

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of this Version

8-2009

Publication Source

Academy of Management Perspectives

Volume

23

Issue

3

Start Page

82

Last Page

87

DOI

10.5465/AMP.2009.43479265

Abstract

In this article, we define good scholarship, highlight our points of disagreement with Locke and Latham (2009), and call for further academic research to examine the full range of goal setting's effects. We reiterate our original claim that goal setting, like a potent medication, can produce both beneficial effects and systematic, negative outcomes (Ordóñez, Schweitzer, Galinsky,& Bazerman, 2009), and as a result, it should be carefully prescribed and closely monitored.

Copyright/Permission Statement

Originally published in Academy of Management Perspectives © 2009 Academy of Management

This is a pre-publication version. The final version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/AMP.2009.43479265

Keywords

learning and scholarship, education research, education aims and objectives, goal setting in personnel management, program effectiveness, effective teaching

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Date Posted: 25 October 2018

This document has been peer reviewed.