抄録
We review studies that dealt with goal setting, by focusing not only on the phase of the goal
attainment process but also on how goal setting management is carried out. Our findings revealed that
goal setting management strategy can be described as falling into three categories i.e., achievement
demand (including vision clarification and achievement emphasis), achievement support (including
support provision and feedback provision) and promotion of participation. Goal setting management
generally had positive effects on goal level, motivation, learning, performance, satisfaction and
organizational commitment. Many of the studies that we reviewed showed positive effects of
achievement support and promotion of participation. In contrast only a small number of studies
demonstrated the promoting effect of achievement demand. Finally, we posed two research questions
for future study and we suggested several implications.
