The dark side of consecutive high performance goals: Linking goal setting, depletion, and unethical behavior

By David T. Welsh, Lisa D. Ordóñez. 2014

240 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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In Applied Psychology

1. Amy E. Colbert
2. Andrew M. Carton
3. B. McCormick
4. Stephen H. Courtright

In Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

1. Yuying Lin
2. Jian Peng
3. Amy E. Colbert
4. Zhen Wang
5. Andrew M. Carton
6. Richard G. Gardner
7. B. McCormick
8. Troy A. Smith

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Jian Peng
2. Amy E. Colbert
3. Zhen Wang
4. Andrew M. Carton
5. Richard G. Gardner
6. B. McCormick
7. Troy A. Smith
8. Stephen H. Courtright

Citations in the corpus

• Transformational Leadership and Employees’ Reactions to Organizational Change: Evidence From a Meta-Analysis (2020, background): “However, Podsakoff et al.’s (1990) scale includes a dimension of high-performance expectations, which may evoke performance pressure and thus have a detrimental effect on employees’ well-being (Jensen et al., 2013) or even evoke unethical behaviors (Welsh & Ordóñez, 2014).”
• “I’m Not Mopping the Floors, I’m Putting a Man on the Moon”: How NASA Leaders Enhanced the Meaningfulness of Work by Changing the Meaning of Work (2018, background): “Given that the motivational benefits of individual subgoals can wear off over time (Welsh and Ordóñez, 2014), whereas the motivational benefits of a meaningful end goal are likely to be lasting, a small number of subgoals may have more enduring benefits for motivation because the objective will rema”
• My Family Made Me Do It: A Cross-Domain, Self-Regulatory Perspective on Antecedents to Abusive Supervision (2016, methodology): “by Welsh and Ordóñez (2014). Items were measured on a 7-point Likert scale ranging from”