An Examination of the Affective Consequences of Assigned and Self-Set Goals
研究了自设目标和指定目标两种模式对后续情感反应的影响，发现情感反应不受目标设定模式影响，而是受个体对绩效反馈的因果归因调节。
This study attempts to provide some insights into the goal-setting process and to explain the inconsistent findings in the literature concerning the effect of different goal-setting modes on subsequent affective reactions. This examination was conducted within an attribution theory framework. The subjects were 92 undergraduate business students and the experimental task consisted of proofreading a manuscript. The subjects were randomly assigned to two goal-setting modes-self-set and assigned. Subjects causal attributions to performance reports of success and failure as well as their affective reactions were measured. The results suggest that one's affective reactions may not be influenced by goal-setting modes but may be moderated by the causal attributions one makes in response to performance cues.