Work Domain Goal Orientation Instrument – WDGOI

I am willing to select a challenging work assignment that I can learn a lot from.

I often look for opportunities to develop new skills and knowledge.

I enjoy challenging and difficult tasks at work where I'll learn new skills.

For me, development of my ability is important enough to take risks.

I prefer to work in situations that require a high level of ability and talent.

I'm concerned with showing that I can perform better than my coworkers.

I try to figure out what it takes to prove my ability to others at work.

I enjoy it when others at work are aware of how well I am doing.

I prefer to work on projects where I can prove my ability to others.

I would avoid taking on a new task if there was a chance that I would appear rather incompetent to others.

Avoiding a show of low ability is more important to me than learning a new skill.

I'm concerned about taking on a task at work if my performance would reveal that I had low ability.

I prefer to avoid situations at work where I might perform poorly.