A Major Concern About Using Goals to Boost Performance Is

question 13

Multiple Choice

A major concern about using goals to boost performance is that some workers, including leaders, will:

• A) use dysfunctional methods to attain goals.
• B) quit rather than pursue goals.
• C) set too many difficult goals.
• D) pursue goals rather than do their own work.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A statement or assumption that indicates no statistical significance exists in a set of given observations, serving as the default position that there is no effect or difference.

Alternative Postulates

Hypotheses or statements made as alternatives to the main hypothesis, often used in contrasting experimental conditions.

Educated Guess

An assumption or prediction based on knowledge, experience, and reasoning, often used in the context of forming a hypothesis.

Relationship Between Variables

The way in which two or more variables are associated with one another, which can be positive, negative, or neutral.