The psychology of goals

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An Integrated Model of Goal‐Focused Coaching (2012, background): “SMART goals can dumb-down coaching Goals and goal constructs have been extensively researched within academic psychology (Moskowitz & Grant, 2009), and sophisticated understandings of goals are evident within the broader psychological literature.”
The effect of primed goals on employee performance: Implications for human resource management (2011, result): “…a primed goal on job performance endures beyond a few seconds or a few minutes, as has been found in previous social psychology experiments (e.g., Moskowitz & Grant, 2009), to an actual work shift (i.e., four hours) as was found in both of the field Replicating results is as critical…”
Gamification of task performance with leaderboards: A goal setting experiment (2017, methodology): “There is even something approaching scientific consensus as to which types of goals are the most motivating: thosewhich are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timebound (SMART; Moskowitz & Grant, 2009).”
Mind-sets matter: a meta-analytic review of implicit theories and self-regulation. (2013, background): “Goal setting involves establishing specific reference points, or desired end states (Carver & Scheier, 1982; Moskowitz & Grant, 2009).”