Performance Goal and Learning Goal Orientation Scales (PGO and LGO)

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Performance Goal and Learning Goal Orientation Scales (PGO and LGO)

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PERFORMANCE GOAL ORIENTATION

1. I prefer to do things that I can do well rather than things that I do poorly

2. I’m happiest at work when I perform tasks on which I know that I won’t make any errors

3. The things I enjoy the most are the things I do the best

4. The opinions others have about how well I can do certain things are important to me

5. I feel smart when I do something without making any mistakes

6. I like to be fairly confident that I can successfully perform a task before I attempt it

7. I like to work on tasks that I have done well on in the past

8. I feel smart when I can do something better than most other people

LEARNING GOAL ORIENTATION

1. The opportunity to do challenging work is important to me

2. When I fail to complete a difficult task‚ I plan to try harder the next time I work on it

3. I prefer to work on tasks that force me to learn new things

4. The opportunity to learn new things is important to me

5. I do my best when I’m working on a fairly difficult task

6. I try hard to improve on my past performance

7. The opportunity to extend the range of my abilities is important to me

8. When I have difficulty solving a problem‚ I enjoy trying different approaches to see which one will work

1= Strongly Disagree to 7= Strongly Agree

This instrument can be found at: https://theses.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12082003-110313/unrestricted/GoalOrientation_AtestofCompetingModels.pdf

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Hafsteinsson‚ Breland‚ T.‚ & Donovan‚ J. J. (2003‚ April). An IRT examination of Button et al.’s goal orientation measure. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society forIndustrial and Organizational Psychology‚ Orlando‚ FL

McKinney‚ Arlise P. (2003). Goal Orientation: A Test of Competing Models. Blacksburg‚ Virginia. Ph.D. Dissertation

Button‚ Matheu‚ & Zajac‚ (1996). Performance Goal and Learning Goal Orientation Scales. In: Simmons C. A.‚ Lehmann P. (eds). Tools for strengths-based assessment and evaluation‚ New York‚ NY: Springer‚ pp. 271-273. (2013). Google Scholar

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