Studies of the relationship between satisfaction, goal-setting, and performance

Work and motivation

1964 • 9,479 citations

Plans and the Structure of Behavior

1960 • 3,598 citations

What is job satisfaction?

1969 • 2,586 citations

Toward a theory of task motivation and incentives

1968 • 2,345 citations

Introduction: Motivation

2020 • 2,342 citations

Managerial Attitudes and Performance.

1968 • 2,203 citations

Emotion and Personality

1963 • 1,487 citations

Verbal behavior and general behavior theory

1971 • 1,021 citations

Introduction/motivation

2013 • 938 citations

A theory of achievement motivation

1966 • 860 citations

A Theory of Achievement Motivation

1967 • 738 citations

Emotion and Personality

1961 • 623 citations

Motivational effects of knowledge of results: A goal-setting phenomenon?

1968 • 272 citations

Personnel Selection and Placement.

1968 • 246 citations

Plans and the Structure of Behavior.

1961 • 204 citations

The place of hypotheses and intentions: an analysis of verbal control in verbal conditioning1

1962 • 148 citations

The directing function of goals in task performance

1969 • 141 citations

Motivational effects of knowledge of results: Knowledge or goal setting?

1967 • 130 citations

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

1968 • 118 citations

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

1967 • 73 citations

Knowledge of score and goal level as determinants of work rate.

1969 • 71 citations

Incentives: some experimental studies.

1935 • 71 citations

Grade Goals as Determinants of Academic Achievement

1968 • 62 citations

Goal-Setting as a Determinant of the Effect of Knowledge of Score on Performance

1968 • 62 citations

Effects of Knowledge of Results, Feedback in Relation to Standards, and Goals on Reaction-Time Performance

1968 • 45 citations

Drives, Tasks, and the Initiation of Behavior

1958 • 37 citations

The Effect of Learning Strategies upon Free Recall

1967 • 25 citations