On the Role of Goal Orientation Traits and Self-Efficacy in the Goal-Setting Process: Distinctions That Make a Difference |
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| Authors: | Jinyan Fan Hui Meng Robert S. Billings Robert C. Litchfield Ira Kaplan |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology , Hofstra University;2. Department of Psychology , East China Normal University;3. Department of Psychology , The Ohio State University;4. Economics &5. Business Department , Washington &6. Jefferson College |
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| Abstract: | We conducted a field study to investigate how goal orientation traits and two variants of self-efficacy affect the goal-setting process and, in turn, performance. Participants were 255 college students enrolled in psychology or biochemistry courses at a large east-coast university in the People's Republic of China. Structural equation modeling analyses largely supported the argument that self-efficacy defined as a trait interacts with goal orientation traits, whereas self-efficacy defined as a state mediates the trait effects in the goal-setting process. The specific Trait × Trait interaction form was consistent with Dweck's original goal orientation theory and Brockner's behavior plasticity theory. |
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