scholarly journals Achievement goal promotion at university: Social desirability and social utility of mastery and performance goals.

2009 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Céline Darnon ◽  
Benoît Dompnier ◽  
Florian Delmas ◽  
Caroline Pulfrey ◽  
Fabrizio Butera
Keyword(s):  
Social Desirability ◽  
Achievement Goal ◽  
Social Utility ◽  
Performance Goals ◽  
And Performance

Achievement goal contagion: mastery and performance goals spread among classmates

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 795-814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronnel B. King ◽  
Norman B. Mendoza
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Goal ◽  
Performance Goals ◽  
And Performance

scholarly journals THE ACHIEVEMENT GOAL THEORY AS AN APPROACH TO STUDY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS’ LEADERSHIP MOTIVATION

2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
Christian Brandmo ◽  
Dijana Tiplic ◽  
Eyvind Elstad
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
School Principals ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Achievement Goal ◽  
Achievement Goal Theory ◽  
Performance Goals ◽  
Goal Theory ◽  
And Performance

This study investigates how the achievement goal theory and its measures can be utilized to understand the school principals’ achievement goals for leading. The achievement goal theory is an analytical tool little used when studying educational management. This explorative study aims at developing a measure of principals’ achievement goals for leading, by using a factor analysis of the scores of 270 Norwegian principals. The analysis shows a clear distinction between principals’ mastery and performance goals for leading. Mastery goals for leading were positively correlated with constructs such as principals’ efficacy beliefs for leading, autonomy and teacher-principal trust, while performance goals were weaker or not significantly correlated with these constructs. The study suggests that the context and organizational factors are influencing principals’ purposes of achievement behaviour. Given the increasing emphasis on the accountability of school leaders, the current study suggests the achievement goal theory as a fruitful approach when studying educational leadership. Key words: accountability, achievement goals, educational leadership, school leaders’ motivation.

scholarly journals When pursuing bad goals for good reasons makes it even worse: a social value approach to performance-avoidance goal pursuit

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wojciech Świątkowski ◽  
Benoît Dompnier
Keyword(s):  
Social Desirability ◽  
Goal Pursuit ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Achievement Goal ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Social Utility ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Avoidance Goals ◽  
Avoidance Goal

AbstractConsistently in achievement goal research, pursuing performance-avoidance goals has been associated with a decrease in achievement. Less is known to what extent this effect depends on the reasons underlying these goals’ endorsement. The present research uses a social value approach to assess how do performance-avoidance goals’ effects on achievement depend on the reasons anchored in social utility (goal endorsed in order to succeed) and in social desirability (goal endorsed in order to please one’s teachers). Based on five correlational samples meta-analyzed in Study 1, results showed that perceiving performance-avoidance goals as socially useful increased the negative effect of these goals on achievement. This moderating effect was replicated experimentally in Study 2. These findings support the relevance of studying achievement goal complexes and illustrate that performance-avoidance goals may lead to deleterious consequences even when endorsed for seemingly good reasons.

The Impact of Endorsing the Belief in a Just World on Social Judgments

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benoît Testé ◽  
Samantha Perrin
Keyword(s):  
Social Desirability ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Social Utility ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Social Judgments ◽  
Just World ◽  
The Social ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
The Impact

The present research examines the social value attributed to endorsing the belief in a just world for self (BJW-S) and for others (BJW-O) in a Western society. We conducted four studies in which we asked participants to assess a target who endorsed BJW-S vs. BJW-O either strongly or weakly. Results showed that endorsement of BJW-S was socially valued and had a greater effect on social utility judgments than it did on social desirability judgments. In contrast, the main effect of endorsement of BJW-O was to reduce the target’s social desirability. The results also showed that the effect of BJW-S on social utility is mediated by the target’s perceived individualism, whereas the effect of BJW-S and BJW-O on social desirability is mediated by the target’s perceived collectivism.

scholarly journals How do Students’ Mastery and Performance Goals Relate to Math Anxiety?

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph M. Furner ◽  
Alyssa Gonzalez-DeHass
Keyword(s):  
Math Anxiety ◽  
Performance Goals ◽  
And Performance

scholarly journals When and why performance goals predict exploitation behaviors: An achievement goal complex analysis of the selection function of assessment

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 266-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Sommet ◽  
David Nguyen ◽  
Kevin Fahrni ◽  
Martin Jobin ◽  
Ha-Phong Nguyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Complex Analysis ◽  
Achievement Goal ◽  
Performance Goals ◽  
Selection Function

scholarly journals How performance measurement influences stakeholders in not-for-profit organizations

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 1164-1184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haley Allison Beer ◽  
Pietro Micheli
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measurement ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Performance Goals ◽  
Content Type ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Uk

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the influences of performance measurement (PM) on not-for-profit (NFP) organizations’ stakeholders by studying how PM practices interact with understandings of legitimate performance goals. This study invokes institutional logics theory to explain interactions between PM and stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach An in-depth case study is conducted in a large NFP organization in the UK. Managers, employees, and external partners are interviewed and observed, and performance-related documents analyzed. Findings Both stakeholders and PM practices are found to have dominant institutional logics that portray certain goals as legitimate. PM practices can reinforce, reconcile, or inhibit stakeholders’ understandings and propensity to act toward goals, depending on the extent to which practices share the dominant logic of the stakeholders they interact with. Research limitations/implications A theoretical framework is proposed for how PM practices first interact with stakeholders at a cognitive level and second influence action. This research is based on a single case study, which limits generalizability of findings; however, results may be transferable to other environments where PM is aimed at balancing competing stakeholder objectives and organizational priorities. Practical implications PM affects the experience of stakeholders by interacting with their understanding of legitimate performance goals. PM systems should be designed and implemented on the basis of both their formal ability to represent organizational aims and objectives, and their influence on stakeholders. Originality/value Findings advance PM theory by offering an explanation for how PM influences attention and actions at an individual micro level.

scholarly journals Relationship Between Achievement Goals, Meta-Cognition And Academic Success In Pakistan

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sarwar ◽  
Muhammad Imran Yousuf ◽  
Shafqat Hussain ◽  
Shumaila Noreen
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Performance Goals ◽  
Mastery Goals ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Education Academic ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

The research was the replication of the study done by Coutinho (2006) and it aimed at finding the relationship between achievement goals, meta-cognition and academic success. Achievement goals were further divided into two types: mastery and performance. The participants were 119 students enrolled in M. A. Education, Department of Education at the University of Sargodha. The questionnaire used in the original study, along with Urdu translation, was administered to the participants. The questionnaire consisted of three sections measuring mastery goals, performance goals, and meta-cognition, respectively. The academic achievement record was taken from the Office of Department of Education. Academic achievement was taken as marked and obtained at the Matric, Intermediate, Bachelors, and M.A. levels. It was concluded there is no significant correlation between mastery goals and academic achievement. Similarly, there was no significant correlation between performance goals and academic achievement at Matric, Intermediate and Bachelor levels. However, negative correlation was observed between performance goals and achievement at the masters level. The researchers found no significant relationship between meta-cognition and academic achievement at all levels and there were no significant gender differences in mastery goals, performance goals and meta-cognition.

scholarly journals Are victims also judged more positively if they say their lives are just?

Psicologia ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hélder Vinagreiro Alves ◽  
Mariana Mello Breyner ◽  
Sí­lvia Fontinha Nunes ◽  
Bruno Diogo Pereira ◽  
Luí­s Filipe Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Desirability ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Social Utility ◽  
Just World ◽  
Innocent Victim ◽  
Personal Belief ◽  
Affective Value ◽  
Low X ◽  
Study Participants

Non-victims who express high versus low personal belief in a just world (PBJW) are judged as having more social value, both social utility (i.e., market value) and social desirability (i.e., affective value). Our goal was to test whether this pattern differed when the targets were presented as innocent or non-innocent victims of enduring suffering. A hundred and eighty-six participants of both sexes took part in our 2 (degree of PBJW expressed: high/low) X 3 (Target identity: innocent victim/ non-innocent victim/ non-victim) between-subjects experimental study. Participants rated the targets on four measures: positive/negative social utility/desirability. Targets were judged more positively and less negatively if they expressed high versus low PBJW, regardless of their being non-victims or (non-)innocent victims. This pattern is taken as further evidence that the expression of high PBJW is a judgment norm, that is, a socially valued discourse irrespective of it being true or untrue.

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