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Edwin A. Locke

Active 1915–2019

74
Papers
69,386
Citations
72
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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 3,386 citing papers, 35.3% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 644 citing papers, 6.7% of this breakdownCanada: 484 citing papers, 5.1% of this breakdownGermany: 469 citing papers, 4.9% of this breakdownAustralia: 453 citing papers, 4.7% of this breakdownNetherlands: 435 citing papers, 4.5% of this breakdownChina: 426 citing papers, 4.5% of this breakdownTaiwan: 180 citing papers, 1.9% of this breakdownSpain: 172 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdownSouth Korea: 168 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdownItaly: 157 citing papers, 1.6% of this breakdownHong Kong: 147 citing papers, 1.5% of this breakdown
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Fields

  • Business, Management and Accounting26.4%
  • Psychology24.1%
  • Social Sciences17.3%
  • Computer Science8.8%
  • Health Professions6.6%
  • Decision Sciences6.4%
  • Other10.4%

Topics

  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior7.8%
  • Knowledge Management and Sharing3.4%
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions2.6%
  • Technology Adoption and User Behaviour2.3%
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports2.1%
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences1.8%
  • Other80%

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  1. New Directions in Goal-Setting Theory

    Authors: Edwin A. Locke, Gary P. Latham - Current Directions in Psychological Science 2006 cited by 2,014

  2. New Developments in Goal Setting and Task Performance

    Authors: Edwin A. Locke - 2013 cited by 1,219

  3. Negative self-efficacy and goal effects revisited.

    Authors: Albert Bandura, Edwin A. Locke - Journal of Applied Psychology 2003 cited by 2,754

  4. The development of goal setting theory: A half century retrospective.

    Authors: Edwin A. Locke, Gary P. Latham - Motivation Science 2019 cited by 627

  5. Building a practically useful theory of goal setting and task motivation: A 35-year odyssey.

    Authors: Edwin A. Locke, Gary P. Latham - American Psychologist 2002 cited by 5,813

  6. What is job satisfaction?

    Authors: Edwin A. Locke - Organizational Behavior and Human Performance 1969 cited by 2,712

  7. A Theory of Goal Setting and Task Performance

    Authors: Henry L. Tosi, Edwin A. Locke, Gary P. Latham - Academy of Management Review 1991 cited by 4,904

  8. A theory of goal setting & task performance

    Authors: Edwin A. Locke, Gary P. Latham - Medical Entomology and Zoology 1990 cited by 1,943

  9. Empowering Leadership in Management Teams: Effects on Knowledge Sharing, Efficacy, And Performance

    Authors: Abhishek Srivastava, Kathryn M. Bartol, Edwin A. Locke - Academy of Management Journal 2006 cited by 1,743

  10. Self-regulation through goal setting

    Authors: Gary P. Latham, Edwin A. Locke - Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 1991 cited by 1,381

  11. Dispositional effects on job and life satisfaction: The role of core evaluations.

    Authors: Timothy A. Judge, Edwin A. Locke, Cathy C. Durham, Avraham N. Kluger - Journal of Applied Psychology 1998 cited by 1,882

  12. Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social-Cognitive View

    Authors: Edwin A. Locke, Albert Bandura - Academy of Management Review 1987 cited by 610

  13. Goal setting and task performance: 1969–1980.

    Authors: Edwin A. Locke, Karyll N. Shaw, Lise M. Saari, Gary P. Latham - Psychological Bulletin 1981 cited by 2,456

  14. Core Self-Evaluations and Job and Life Satisfaction: The Role of Self-Concordance and Goal Attainment.

    Authors: Timothy A. Judge, Joyce E. Bono, Amir Erez, Edwin A. Locke - Journal of Applied Psychology 2005 cited by 1,054

  15. The nature and causes of job satisfaction

    Authors: Edwin A. Locke - Medical Entomology and Zoology 1976 cited by 6,102

  16. Toward a theory of task motivation and incentives

    Authors: Edwin A. Locke - Organizational Behavior and Human Performance 1968 cited by 2,398

  17. The Relationship of Entrepreneurial Traits, Skill, and Motivation to Subsequent Venture Growth.

    Authors: J. Robert Baum, Edwin A. Locke - Journal of Applied Psychology 2004 cited by 2,135

  18. Personality and job satisfaction: The mediating role of job characteristics.

    Authors: Timothy A. Judge, Joyce E. Bono, Edwin A. Locke - Journal of Applied Psychology 2000 cited by 1,056

  19. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation: Time for expansion and clarification.

    Authors: Edwin A. Locke, Kaspar Schattke - Motivation Science 2018 cited by 301

  20. A Multilevel Investigation of the Motivational Mechanisms Underlying Knowledge Sharing and Performance

    Authors: Narda R. Quigley, Paul E. Tesluk, Edwin A. Locke, Kathryn M. Bartol - Organization Science, Organ. Sci. 2007 cited by 573

  21. Effect of self-efficacy, goals, and task strategies on task performance.

    Authors: Edwin A. Locke, Elizabeth Frederick, Cynthia Lee, Philip Bobko - Journal of Applied Psychology 1984 cited by 947

  22. Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social-Cognitive ViewSocial Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social-Cognitive View, by Bandura Albert. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1986, 617 pp., cloth.

    Authors: Edwin A. Locke - Academy of Management Review 1987 cited by 674

  23. Work Motivation and Satisfaction: Light at the End of the Tunnel

    Authors: Edwin A. Locke, Gary P. Latham - Psychological Science 1990 cited by 926

  24. New Developments in and Directions for Goal-Setting Research

    Authors: Gary P. Latham, Edwin A. Locke - European Psychologist 2007 cited by 577