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The effect of goal setting towards typing task performance

A laboratory-based research was conducted to study Locke's (1968) goal setting theory. The researcher investigates the effect of goal setting towards typing performance, which is defined in terms of completion time, and typing error. Thirty-one subjects took part in the experiment. Research fin...

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Main Author: Murnizam Halik
Format: Research Report
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sabah
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Z004 Books. Writing. Paleography
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spelling my.ums.eprints.231992019-08-01T00:28:08Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/23199/ The effect of goal setting towards typing task performance Murnizam Halik Z004 Books. Writing. Paleography A laboratory-based research was conducted to study Locke's (1968) goal setting theory. The researcher investigates the effect of goal setting towards typing performance, which is defined in terms of completion time, and typing error. Thirty-one subjects took part in the experiment. Research findings showed that typing time decrease when goal is moderately set compared to no goal. However, goal setting has negative effect on typing quality. The study concluded that planning, consideration and assessment is needed before implementing this motivation program. Universiti Malaysia Sabah Research Report NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/23199/1/The%20effect%20of%20goal%20setting%20towards%20typing%20task%20performance.pdf Murnizam Halik The effect of goal setting towards typing task performance. (Unpublished)
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The effect of goal setting towards typing task performance
description A laboratory-based research was conducted to study Locke's (1968) goal setting theory. The researcher investigates the effect of goal setting towards typing performance, which is defined in terms of completion time, and typing error. Thirty-one subjects took part in the experiment. Research findings showed that typing time decrease when goal is moderately set compared to no goal. However, goal setting has negative effect on typing quality. The study concluded that planning, consideration and assessment is needed before implementing this motivation program.
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author Murnizam Halik
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title The effect of goal setting towards typing task performance
title_short The effect of goal setting towards typing task performance
title_full The effect of goal setting towards typing task performance
title_fullStr The effect of goal setting towards typing task performance
title_full_unstemmed The effect of goal setting towards typing task performance
title_sort effect of goal setting towards typing task performance
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sabah
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/23199/1/The%20effect%20of%20goal%20setting%20towards%20typing%20task%20performance.pdf
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