Chen, Xiao; Latham, Gary P. - In: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 125 (2014) 2, pp. 88-97
This research examined the effect of priming a learning goal, a performance goal, and both a learning and a performance goal on a task requiring the acquisition of knowledge. A photograph of Rodin’s “The Thinker” primed a learning goal, and a photograph of a racer primed a performance...