Effect of goal orientations on pre-emptive downplay.

• Main Author: Gooi, Ling Hoong.
• Other Authors: Lee Sau-Lai
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Individualism, differentiation and struggle
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15575
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper examines pre-emptive effort downplay (PED) in the light of the different goal orientations. It was hypothesized that individuals with mastery goal orientation would engage in lesser amounts of PED compared to those with performance goal orientations, within which individuals with performa...