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1968 • 2,345 citations

A Review of Research on the Application of Goal Setting in Organizations.

1975 • 564 citations

Goal setting as a means of increasing motivation.

1967 • 248 citations

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1966 • 191 citations

Improving job performance through training in goal setting.

1974 • 191 citations

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1981 • 190 citations

Assigned versus participative goal setting with educated and uneducated woods workers.

1975 • 189 citations

Performance goals as determinants of level of performance and boredom.

1967 • 145 citations

Effectiveness of positive reinforcement and goal setting as methods of management development.

1975 • 126 citations

Goals and intentions as mediators of the effects of monetary incentives on behavior.

1968 • 118 citations

Recall and recognition in intentional and incidental learning.

1964 • 116 citations

Cognitive aspects of psychomotor performance: The effects of performance goals on level of performance.

1966 • 95 citations

Relationship of success and expectation to affect on goal-seeking tasks.

1967 • 73 citations

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1974 • 72 citations

The Effects of Goal-Setting, Rule-Learning, and Knowledge of Score on Performance

1966 • 58 citations