Achievement Goal Orientation and Its Implications for Workplace Goal Setting Programs, Supervisory/subordinate Relationships, and Training

Achievement Goal Orientation and Its Implications for Workplace Goal Setting Programs, Supervisory/subordinate Relationships, and Training
Author: Monica Rysavy
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015
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Previous research on achievement goal orientation theory has considered the influence of an individual's performance or learning goal orientation on goal setting, motivation to continue working towards a goal, and ultimate goal attainment. However, in many environments, including school and the workplace, there is a good chance that an individual is influenced or coerced to establish goals that are approved by another (e.g., individual's teacher or manager) that may be congruent or incongruent with their own individual goal orientation. This investigation considers a broad question, what is the influence of an authority figure's goal orientation on an individual's established goals? The annual performance review discussion, and in particular, the annual goal review and discussion are potentially revealing or personal conversations between managers and employees. Through the lens of goal orientation theory, this investigation will use managers' attitudes and perceptions, along with their stated goal preferences to determine if a manager's goal orientation could have a positive or negative impact on the goals that he or she supports in his or her employees. This study explores middle management's support of employee goals that are set as part of the Staff Review and Development process (SRDP) within the Information Technology department at a large research university and how this support may be influenced by manager's individual goal orientations. Results of this study indicate that there was no significant difference between a manger's goal orientation and the manager's preference for type of employee goal (learning or performance), nor between a manager's goal orientation and the manager's goal discussion or goal support behaviors.

Handbook of Motivation at School

Handbook of Motivation at School
Author: Kathryn R. Wentzel
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1050
Release: 2009-09-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135592918

The Handbook of Motivation at School presents the first comprehensive and integrated compilation of theory and research on children’s motivation at school. It covers the major theoretical perspectives in the field as well as their application to instruction, learning, and social adjustment at school. Key Features: Comprehensive – no other book provides such a comprehensive overview of theory and research on children’s motivation at school. Theoretical & Applied – the book provides a review of current motivation theories by the developers of those theories as well as attention to the application of motivation theory and research in classrooms and schools. Chapter Structure – chapters within each section follow a similar structure so that there is uniformity across chapters. Commentaries – each section ends with a commentary that provides clear directions for future research.

How People Learn II

How People Learn II
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2018-09-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0309459672

There are many reasons to be curious about the way people learn, and the past several decades have seen an explosion of research that has important implications for individual learning, schooling, workforce training, and policy. In 2000, How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition was published and its influence has been wide and deep. The report summarized insights on the nature of learning in school-aged children; described principles for the design of effective learning environments; and provided examples of how that could be implemented in the classroom. Since then, researchers have continued to investigate the nature of learning and have generated new findings related to the neurological processes involved in learning, individual and cultural variability related to learning, and educational technologies. In addition to expanding scientific understanding of the mechanisms of learning and how the brain adapts throughout the lifespan, there have been important discoveries about influences on learning, particularly sociocultural factors and the structure of learning environments. How People Learn II: Learners, Contexts, and Cultures provides a much-needed update incorporating insights gained from this research over the past decade. The book expands on the foundation laid out in the 2000 report and takes an in-depth look at the constellation of influences that affect individual learning. How People Learn II will become an indispensable resource to understand learning throughout the lifespan for educators of students and adults.

Student Achievement Goal Setting

Student Achievement Goal Setting
Author: Leslie Grant
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2013-10-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317926242

The first book in the James H. Stronge Research-to-Practice series focuses on improving student achievement through academic goal setting. It offers the tools and plan of action to use performance data to improve instructional practice and increase student achievement.

Goals, Goal Structures, and Patterns of Adaptive Learning

Goals, Goal Structures, and Patterns of Adaptive Learning
Author: Carol Midgley
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2014-04-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135646759

Conducted over a 7yr period & spawning many jrnl pub's, this vol. will summarize the many interconnected studies that were conducted, will frame each one in terms of the larger lit, & will emphasize their contrib's to motivational theory & educ. practice

The Cambridge Handbook of Motivation and Learning

The Cambridge Handbook of Motivation and Learning
Author: K. Ann Renninger
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1172
Release: 2019-02-14
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1316832473

Written by leading researchers in educational and social psychology, learning science, and neuroscience, this edited volume is suitable for a wide-academic readership. It gives definitions of key terms related to motivation and learning alongside developed explanations of significant findings in the field. It also presents cohesive descriptions concerning how motivation relates to learning, and produces a novel and insightful combination of issues and findings from studies of motivation and/or learning across the authors' collective range of scientific fields. The authors provide a variety of perspectives on motivational constructs and their measurement, which can be used by multiple and distinct scientific communities, both basic and applied.

Goals, Goal Structures, and Patterns of Adaptive Learning

Goals, Goal Structures, and Patterns of Adaptive Learning
Author: Carol Midgley
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2014-04-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135646740

Achievement goal theory has emerged as one of the preeminent approaches to motivation. Goals, Goal Structures, and Patterns of Adaptive Learning presents the findings of a large scale, longitudinal study that use goal theory as the lens through which to examine the relation among achievement goals, the learning context, and students' and teachers' patterns of cognition, affect, and behavior. These results are integrated within the larger literature on goal theory, providing an overview of the research that has been conducted, as well as suggestions that goal theory researchers might want to consider. Written by scholars who are well-known in the field, this book: *provides a comprehensive summary of research related to achievement goal theory--one of the preeminent approaches to motivation today; *presents a detailed overview of research conducted in conjunction with the Patterns of Adaptive Learning Study--a decade-long multi-faceted study employing both quantitative and qualitative methods. A description of the development, reliability, and validity of the Patterns of Adaptive Learning Scales is included. These scales are being used by many researchers using achievement goal theory in this country and internationally; *includes important information about the relevancy of achievement goal theory for an understanding of avoidance behaviors in schools; *describes the relevancy of achievement goal theory for children who are disaffected from school and schooling; and *points to the gaps in research on achievement goal theory, and provides guidance for future research in the field.

The Science of Learning and Development

The Science of Learning and Development
Author: Pamela Cantor
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2021-06-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 100039977X

This essential text unpacks major transformations in the study of learning and human development and provides evidence for how science can inform innovation in the design of settings, policies, practice, and research to enhance the life path, opportunity and prosperity of every child. The ideas presented provide researchers and educators with a rationale for focusing on the specific pathways and developmental patterns that may lead a specific child, with a specific family, school, and community, to prosper in school and in life. Expanding key published articles and expert commentary, the book explores a profound evolution in thinking that integrates findings from psychology with biology through sociology, education, law, and history with an emphasis on institutionalized inequities and disparate outcomes and how to address them. It points toward possible solutions through an understanding of and addressing the dynamic relations between a child and the contexts within which he or she lives, offering all researchers of human development and education a new way to understand and promote healthy development and learning for diverse, specific youth regardless of race, socioeconomic status, or history of adversity, challenge, or trauma. The book brings together scholars and practitioners from the biological/medical sciences, the social and behavioral sciences, educational science, and fields of law and social and educational policy. It provides an invaluable and unique resource for understanding the bases and status of the new science, and presents a roadmap for progress that will frame progress for at least the next decade and perhaps beyond.