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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gary_LockeGary Locke - Wikipedia

    Gary Faye Locke (born January 21, 1950) is an American politician, attorney, and former diplomat from the state of Washington.Locke served as the 21st governor of Washington from 1997 to 2005, where he was the first Chinese-American governor as well as the first Asian American governor in the continental U.S.

  2. Nov 11, 2021 · Locke’s goal-setting theory of motivation, which has been tested and supported by hundreds of studies involving thousands of participants, consistently delivers positive changes in the lives of individuals worldwide (Locke and Latham, 2019). This article will address Locke’s ideas and give you insight into how to benefit from them.

  3. Goal setting theory, a theory of motivation that explains what causes some people to perform better on work-related tasks than others. At its deepest roots, goal-directed action is based in biology. All living organisms, from plants to animals to people, must engage in goal-directed actions in order to survive. Life is conditional; organisms have needs. Survival requires taking action that ...

    • Edwin A. Locke, Gary P. Latham
    • 2013
  4. Goal-setting theory (Locke & Latham, 1990, 2002) was developed inductively within industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology over a 25-year period, based on some 400 laboratory and field studies. These studies showed that specific, high (hard) goals lead to a higher level of task performance than do easy goals or vague, abstract goals such as the exhortation to “do one's best.”

    • Edwin A. Locke, Gary P. Latham
    • 2006
  5. Goal Setting Theory is a psychological framework developed by Dr. Edwin Locke and Dr. Gary Latham in the 1960s and 1970s. The theory posits that setting specific, challenging, and attainable goals can significantly improve motivation and performance. According to the theory, the process of setting….

  6. A few years after Locke published his article, Dr Gary Latham studied the effects of goal setting in the workplace. His results supported Locke's findings – that there is an inseparable link between goal setting and workplace performance. In 1990, Locke and Latham published their seminal work, "A Theory of Goal Setting & Task Performance." In ...

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  8. Sep 15, 2022 · Locke worked with Dr Gary Latham on the goal-setting theory that has been embraced by people around the world. He found that in 90% of cases , having specific and challenging goals in place led to higher performance than setting goals which can be reached easily.