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Emotion beliefs and goal setting: Malleability of emotion predicts changes in goal orientation across a semester
Research has demonstrated that lay beliefs about emotions (i.e., whether they are viewed as malleable or fixed) may shape important outcomes in...
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All for one, one for all: Compassionate goal orientation, social support, and work engagement
Though social support plays a critical role in worker well-being and engagement, its mechanisms of action for motivating work engagement remain...
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The relationship between performance goal orientation and bedtime procrastination: the mediation roles of academic stress and self-control
Bedtime procrastination is a pervasive phenomenon among college students, which has a negative effect on their sleep quality, attention, memory in...
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Social media knowledge seeking, diversive curiosity, and flow experience: moderated mediation of performance goal orientation
On the basis of self-determination theory, this study examines how social media knowledge seeking invigorates flow—the feeling of being immersed in...
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Effects of goal orientation on online learning: A meta-analysis of differences in Korea and US
This meta-analysis examines the correlation between goal orientation and related variables in online learning to examine the influence of individual...
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Grit and college students’ learning engagement: Serial mediating effects of mastery goal orientation and cognitive flexibility
This study explored the relationship between grit and learning engagement among Chinese college students and examined the mechanisms behind that...
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A test of the impact of three-type goal orientation on utility perception and transfer motivation
Based on goal orientation theory, this paper aims to examine the mediating effect of utility perception on the relationships between three types of...
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How does goal orientation fuel hotel employees’ innovative behaviors? A cross-level investigation
The innovative behavior of employees is the basis for the sustainable operation of the hotel industry and examining the factors affecting innovative...
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Job search in a difficult labour market: linking goal orientation to job search strategies and outcomes with the moderating role of self-control
This study addresses how goal orientation relates to different job search strategies to increase the chance of finding employment and quality jobs....
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Learning goal orientation and promotive voice: A moderated mediation model
Drawing on the broaden-and-build theory and trait-activation theory, this study investigates the mediating effect of thriving at work on the...
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Teacher support and learning engagement of EFL learners: The mediating role of self-efficacy and achievement goal orientation
Given the extremely preeminent role of students’ learning engagement (LE) in their academic success, investigating the predictors of LE for EFL...
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A Few Close Friends? Adolescent Friendships’ Effect on Internalizing Symptoms Is Serially Mediated by Desire for More Friends and Social Goal Orientation
Interpersonal connection is a fundamental human motivation, and the extent to which it is fulfilled is a strong predictor of symptoms of...
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Teacher-student relationships and smartphone addiction: the roles of achievement goal orientation and psychological resilience
Smartphone addiction has become an urgent problem for college students. Teacher-student relationships are important factors affecting smartphone...
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How does a leader’s extrinsic relative to intrinsic goal orientation affect subordinates’ subjective career success? A moderated mediation model regarding leader-member exchanges and subordinate genders
The aim of the present study is to examine whether a leader’s extrinsic relative to intrinsic goal orientation influences subordinates’ subjective...
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Students' goal orientations and their perceived peer relationships
The perception of positive social interactions is important for positive experiences in heterogeneous groups, cultural diversity and inclusion in...
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Goal paralysis: How bad luck affects goal commitment
Prior research on luck has mostly focused on people’s attributions as to what causes it and how it affects behavior where luck is presumed to be...
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Achievement goal orientation: A predictor of student engagement in higher education
Achievement goal orientation has been studied within education for many years, but the practical implications are frequently focused on K-12 students...
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The role of mindfulness and autonomous motivation for goal progress and goal adjustment: an intervention study
Previous correlational studies showed the importance of mindfulness and autonomous goal motivation for goal pursuit, goal setting, and goal...
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The impact of parents’ implicit theories of intelligence on young children’s approaches to learning: The serial-mediating roles of children’s achievement motivations and goal orientations
While prior research has indicated a link between children’s implicit theories of intelligence (i.e., beliefs about the malleability of intelligence...
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Goal Orientations
This entry discusses the interplay between motivational goal orientations, creativity, and the possible as a field of inquiry. Crucial theoretical...