When goals are known: the effects of audience relative status on goal commitment and performance
Howard Klein and colleagues report four studies in which the perceived status of the person told about a goal was positively related to commitment to the goal and to performance, through evaluation apprehension. Sharing with a lower-status person produced results similar to not sharing.
Howard Klein and colleagues report four studies in which the perceived status of the person told about a goal was positively related to commitment to the goal and to performance, through evaluation apprehension. Sharing with a lower-status person produced results similar to not sharing.
Written from the abstract read 2026-10-11; laboratory details from a university press account.
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doi:10.1037/apl0000441. Four studies. Lab details from a university press account.