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Organizational behavior

the argument that overly specific, challenging goals can narrow focus, encourage unethical behavior and erode intrinsic motivation.

In organizational behavior, goals gone wild refers to the argument that overly specific, challenging goals can narrow focus, encourage unethical behavior and erode intrinsic motivation. This meaning comes from Ordóñez (2009) in Academy of Management Perspectives.[1]

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References

Ordóñez, L. D., Schweitzer, M. E., Galinsky, A. D., & Bazerman, M. H. (2009). Goals Gone Wild: The Systematic Side Effects of Overprescribing Goal Setting. Academy of Management Perspectives, 23(1), 6-16. https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2009.37007999

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