Factors Affecting Job Attitudes in a Goal-Setting Environment.

1 March 1976

journal article
Published by Academy of Management in The Academy of Management Journal

Vol. 19 (1) , 6-16
https://doi.org/10.2307/255443

Abstract

The relationship between variations in employees' task-goal attributes, individual need strengths, and two job attitudes was studied. Job involvement and satisfaction were found to be related to the amount of participation allowed in goal-setting, goal difficulty, and goal specificity; satisfaction was also related to feedback. Neither attitude was related to peer competition.

Keywords

EMPLOYEES -- ATTITUDES
ATTITUDE (PSYCHOLOGY)
JOB SATISFACTION
GOAL (PSYCHOLOGY)
COMPETITION (PSYCHOLOGY)
EMPLOYEES -- RATING OF
ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS
MANAGEMENT -- EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION
WORK ATTITUDES
MANAGEMENT STYLES

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