The effects of goal setting and monetary incentives on self-efficacy and performance

1988 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 366-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Lee
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Monetary Incentives ◽  
And Performance

Cognitive Self-efficacy in Relation to Personal Mastery and Goal Setting across the Life Span

1993 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane M. Berry ◽  
Robin L. West
Keyword(s):  
Life Span ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Control Beliefs ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Personal Mastery ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Perceived Control Beliefs

This article is an integrative review of empirical studies of cognitive self-efficacy from childhood through old age. Issues of definition and measurement are addressed and the relation of self-efficacy to personal mastery is evaluated. Research on academic achievement in children and adolescents, complex decision-making in young adults, and memory and intellectual functioning in older adults supports a variety of theoretically driven hypotheses regarding the sources and effects of self-efficacy. Percepts of self-efficacy are based on a variety of sources of information, including personal mastery and perceived control beliefs. Self-efficacy has predictable effects on a variety of task engagement variables (e.g. persistence, effort, goal setting, strategy usage, chioce) that mediate the relationship between self-efficacy and performance. Generalisations regarding the applicability of self-efficacy to understanding cognitive development across the life span are discussed in terms of age-relevant domains and it is argued that a life span treatment of self-efficacy development is particularly compelling because both life span theory and self-efficacy theory emphasise domain specificity.

The Effect of Personal Goals, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Satisfaction on Injury Rehabilitation

1996 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 214-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yannis Theodorakis ◽  
Parascevi Malliou ◽  
Athanasios Papaioannou ◽  
Anastasia Beneca ◽  
Anastasia Filactakidou
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Knee Injuries ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Knee Extension ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Personal Goals ◽  
Personal Goal ◽  
Injury Rehabilitation ◽  
And Performance

This study examined the effect of goal setting on injury rehabilitation, specifically, differences in personal goal setting, self-efficacy, self-satisfaction, and performance between injured and noninjured subjects. Two experimental groups (32 women with knee injuries and 29 noninjured women) and one control group (n= 30) were used. Subjects performed four trials of a knee extension task on an isokinetic dynamometer. Prior to the third and fourth trials, subjects in the experimental groups set personal goals and completed self-efficacy and self-satisfaction scales. There were significant performance improvements for the two experimental groups; correlation coefficients between self-efficacy, self-satisfaction, goal setting, and performance were significant at the .001 level Personal goal setting was affected by level of ability and in turn had a direct effect on performance. Self-efficacy and self-satisfaction were affected by ability or performance but had no significant effect on personal goals or performance. The findings indicate that personal goal setting might be an important determinant for performance improvement in injury rehabilitation programs.

Self‐efficacy as a mediator of goal setting and performance

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven H. Appelbaum ◽  
Alan Hare
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
And Performance

Effects of a Goal-Setting Training Program on Basketball Free-Throw Self-Efficacy and Performance

1987 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ted Miller ◽  
Edward McAuley
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Organizational Psychology ◽  
Free Throw ◽  
Correlational Data ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Performance Perceptions

Though improved performance as a result of goal setting has been reported in organizational psychology studies, little research in sport settings has demonstrated these effects. This study was designed to examine the effects of a goalsetting training program on basketball free-throw performance, perceptions of success, and self-efficacy. Eighteen undergraduate students were matched by free-throw shooting ability, then randomly assigned to either goal-training (GT) or no-goal-training (NT) groups for a period of 5 weeks. Although the GT group reported significantly higher perceptions of success and self-efficacy than did the NT group, no significant differences between groups were revealed for free-throw accuracy. Correlational data suggested a stronger relationship between self-efficacy and free-throw performance for the GT group than for the NT group. Discussed are factors that contribute to the discrepancies between results found in sport related investigations of goal setting and those obtained from studies conducted in business and laboratory environments.

scholarly journals Perceived self-efficacy of students in a business simulation game

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinod Dumblekar ◽  
Upinder Dhar
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Performance Enhancement ◽  
Simulation Game ◽  
Business Simulation ◽  
Simulation Games ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
And Performance

Abstract Self-efficacy is an individual's confidence in the personal ability to complete a task under specified conditions. Game self-efficacy is the belief of game players that they would win in a business simulation game competition. To understand the composites of such belief, an instrument of 30 statements was developed and statistically tested on 227 undergraduate students at the end of a business simulation game competition. The factor analysis produced eight factors of perceived game self-efficacy, namely, innovation, experimentation, conviction, openness, focus, proactivity, conceptualisation and determination. These factors have significant research implications for goal-oriented behaviour, goal setting and performance enhancement at work and in games and competitions, and in developing simulation games.

Effects of Self-Efficacy, Satisfaction, and Personal Goals on Swimming Performance

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yannis Theodorakis
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Swimming Performance ◽  
Personal Goals ◽  
Personal Goal ◽  
Past Performance ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Third ◽  
Future Performance ◽  
And Performance

The present study tested the effects of self-efficacy, past performance, personal goal setting, and self-satisfaction on swimming performance. Participants (N = 42) performed four trials of a specific swimming task with 10-min intervals between each trial. During the third and fourth trials they performed trials after setting personal goals and completing self-efficacy and selfsatisfaction scales. Results showed significant improvement in level of performance in these two trials. Past performance, self-efficacy, self-satisfaction, and personal goal setting were predictors of performance at the third and the fourth trial. A LISREL VI path analysis indicated that past performance was the main determinant of future performance. Personal goal setting was affected by level of past performance, as well as by perceived self-efficacy and satisfaction. In a second stage of analysis, past performance was eliminated, and results supported the mediating role of personal goals between self-efficacy and performance.

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