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Keywords
Goal setting in personnel management; Painters, Industrial--Training of; Academic theses;
Abstract
This field study investigated performance in an industrial painter training program for goal-setting, "do your best," and no goal conditions using three measures of performance. Participants were 64 professional, industrial painters. Contrary to expectations, the goal-setting condition did not perform significantly better than the "do your best" condition and no goal condition. Consistency of thickness goals may not have been effective because the tasks associated with the measure were overly complex and the goals may have been too difficult. The proximity to target thickness measure had a ceiling effect, so no support could be found for the measure. Transfer efficiency goals may not have been effective because the tasks associated with the measure were too easy to perform. Practical implications and implications for future research are discussed.
Year of Submission
2012
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Psychology
First Advisor
Adam Butler
Second Advisor
Michael Gasser
Third Advisor
John Somervill
Date Original
2012
Object Description
1 PDF file (48 leaves)
Copyright
©2012 Bradley Gerber
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Gerber, Bradley, "The Effects of Goal-Setting on Performance in an Industrial Painter Training Program" (2012). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 2719.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/2719
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