Abstract: In this study, we examine two student characteristics (goal orientation and feedback orientation) that might predispose students to use benefit from different types of feedback. Students receiving future-oriented exhibited significantly greater improvement in their quiz scores compared past-oriented feedback, although the degree was a function both goal orientation. Specifically, high...

This study examined relationships among career adaptability and career concerns, social support and goal orientation. We surveyed 304 university students using measures of career concerns, adaptability (career planning, career exploration, self-exploration, decision-making, self-regulation), goal-orientation (learning, performance-prove, performance-avoid) and social support (family, friends, s...

the purpose of this paper is to analyze the simultaneous effect of corporate culture and market orientation on the performance of small to medium-sized industrial manufacturing firms. to this end, a cross-sectional survey and variance based structural equation modeling was used for testing the hypotheses. the samples were selected based on a stratified sampling of commodity and specialty indust...

The current study investigated the mediating effect of self-esteem in the relationship between overt narcissism and approach-avoidance goal orientations. Utilizing a sample of 958 participants, analyses revealed a slight suppression effect between overt narcissism and performance approach goal orientation, and a full mediation effect between overt narcissism and performance avoidance goal orien...

According to achievement goal theory, individuals set mastery or performance goals to accomplish challenging tasks. In addition, they can either approach or avoid the goal they are achieving. Mastery goals show positive correlation to intrinsic motivation while performance goals are linked to extrinsic motivation. Goal setting also affects motivation for completing tasks and perception of self-...