The Effects of Goal Difficulty and Information Feedback on the Performance of an Endurance Task
Description:
Few studies in the sporting realm have been conducted to verify the findings from industrial or organizational settings regarding the strong positive motivational effects of goal setting (Locke et al., 1981). Therefore, the purpose of the present investigation was to determine the effects of three levels of goal difficulty and two levels of feedback on the performance of males undertaking an endurance task. Performance results were analyzed using a 2 x 3 x 2 (feedback x goal difficulty x trials…
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Date:
December 1984
Creator:
Hall, Howard (Howard Kingsley)
Partner:
UNT Libraries