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The Organizational Performance Cycle: Longitudinal Assessment of Key Factors

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The study's working model postulated static and temporal relationships among goal-setting variables, self-competence, and job performance. Two studies testing the working model are described. Study 1 involved administration of an employee survey to 225 employees of a military installation on two separate occasions. Self-report measures of ability, personal goals, and self- competence were used to predict self- and supervisory-performance ratings. Study 2 involved collection of comparable measures over three occasions from 191 employees of a U.S. Federal mint. Results of both studies indicated that a longitudinal path model fit the data better than a cross-sectional model.

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    Robert P. Steel

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Steel, R.P., Van Scotter, J.R. The Organizational Performance Cycle: Longitudinal Assessment of Key Factors. Journal of Business and Psychology 18, 31–50 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025030904021

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