Ad Kleingeld

Ad Kleingeld

Ad Kleingeld is the first author of the 2011 Journal of Applied Psychology meta-analysis of goal setting and group performance.

Who they are

The work of Ad Kleingeld reaches this site through the paper listed below. The name is tied to Goal Setting Theory.

Key papers

Kleingeld, A., van Mierlo, H., & Arends, L. (2011). The effect of goal setting on group performance: A meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96(6), 1289-1304. What it reports: Meta-analysis. Specific difficult goals yielded considerably higher group performance than nonspecific goals; effect weaker for moderately easy goals; individual versus group focus depended on type of interdependence.

Key ideas

Goal Setting Theory: Locke and Latham's account of why specific, difficult goals with feedback raise performance.

Sources

  1. Kleingeld, A., van Mierlo, H., & Arends, L. (2011). The effect of goal setting on group performance: A meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96(6), 1289-1304.