Edwin Locke Believes That Goal Setting Can Enhance Individual Work

question 345

Multiple Choice

Edwin Locke believes that goal setting can enhance individual work performance for all of the following reasons except

• A) goals can clarify performance expectations between supervisor and subordinate, among co-workers, and across organizational subunits.
• B) goals give direction to people in their work.
• C) goals can clarify performance expectations between competing organizations.
• D) goals can establish a frame of reference for task feedback.
• E) goals provide a foundation for behavioural self-management.

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