Goal- setting + Fair process:

Question 1

What is the goal-setting theory used for

Answer 1

to increase employee motivation

Question 2

Why should we set a specific and difficult goal?

Answer 2

• because people usually adjust a level of effort to the difficulty of the goal
• challenging goals facilitate pride and accomplishment
• ” do your best” doesn’t work, because it gives a benefit of the doubt for self-evaluation

Question 3

what do challenging and specific goals affect in terms of motivation

Answer 3

• Effort and persistence

Question 4

Principles of motivating according to goal setting theory

Answer 4

• set challenging and specific goals
• Provide feedback in relation to goals
• Gain goal commitment
• provide needed resources
• first, you need to learn how to do things, then you can set difficult goals
• set in addition to distal performance goals, proximal goals

Question 5

How can you gain goal commitment?

Answer 5

• improve self-efficacy

- focus on outcomes expectancies ( make people how what they do is related to the outcome they get)

Question 6

Ways in which self-efficacy is induced

Answer 6

• enactive mastery (first-hand experience)
• modeling
• persuasion from significant others

Question 7

3 principles of fair process

Answer 7

• Engagement: involving individuals in the decisions that affect them by asking for their input
• Explanation: everyone should understand why final decisions are made as they are
• Expectation clarity: once a decision is made, managers state clearly the new rules of the game