Keywords
goal setting, self-regulation, self-monitoring, proximal goals, distal goals, goal-performance discrepancy, learning goal orientation, performance goal orientation.
Disciplines
Business
Abstract
This field study investigates student goal setting related to exam grades and final course grades. More specifically, the study attempts to further clarify the variable effects of goal-performance discrepancies on self-set goal change. Performance judgment accuracy, long-term goals, learning goal orientation, and performance goal orientation were tested as moderators of the relationship between goal-performance discrepancy and self-set goal change. The results clarify the goal-setting process over time. Implications for goal setting theory and higher education are discussed.
Original Citation
Brink, K. (2021). The Variable Effects of Goal-Performance Discrepancies on Future Goal Setting: A Test of Four Moderators. 13, 76–85.
ScholarWorks Citation
Brink, Kyle, "The Variable Effects of Goal-Performance Discrepancies on Future Goal Setting: A Test of Four Moderators" (2021). Open Access Publishing Support Funded Articles. 138.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/oapsf_articles/138
