The influence of mastery‐avoidance goals on performance improvement

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A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Situationally Induced Achievement Goals on Task Performance (2015, background): “If yes, there was a strict limit (which did not exceed 45 min) within which the task needed to be performed (e.g., Elliot et al., 2005; Jagacinski, Madden, & Reider, 2001; Senko & Harackiewicz, 2005; Van Yperen et al., 2009).”
Achievement Goal Theory at the Crossroads: Old Controversies, Current Challenges, and New Directions (2011, unknown): “Similarly, mastery-avoidance goals are linked to high anxiety, low self-efficacy, disengagement, and poor performance (eg, Van Yperen, Elliot, & Anseel, 2009 ; for a review, see Moller & Elliot, 2006 ).”
Dominant achievement goals of older workers and their relationship with motivation-related outcomes (2010, unknown): “These ﬁ ndings underline the importance of incorporating mastery-avoidance goals in achievement goal research, and examining these types of goals in a work setting among aging workers (cf. Van Yperen et al., 2009).”
Transformational and Transactional Leadership and Followers’ Achievement Goals (2013, background): “Yet, given the social context in which employee behavior takes place, and given that interpersonal processes are ubiquitous in achievement activity (Conroy et al. 2009; Elliot and McGregor 2001; Janssen and Van Yperen 2004; Poortvliet and Darnon 2010), exploring the relationship between interpersona”