Editing Goal setting (section)

=== Workplace training ===
Goal setting is used to improve training outcomes. For example, Tomokazu Kishiki and colleagues performed a randomized controlled trial on surgical trainees to determine whether or not their participation in a goal-setting program would improve performance and testing scores; the addition of achievable goals appeared to be beneficial to the trainees.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kishiki |first1=Tomokazu |last2=Lapin |first2=Brittany |last3=Tanaka |first3=Ryota |last4=Francis |first4=Taylor |last5=Hughes |first5=Kathryn |last6=Carbray |first6=JoAnn |last7=Ujiki |first7=Michael B. |date=October 2016 |title=Goal setting results in improvement in surgical skills: a randomized controlled trial |journal=[[Surgery (journal)|Surgery]] |volume=160 |issue=4 |pages=1028–1037 |doi=10.1016/j.surg.2016.07.022 |pmid=27531316}}</ref> When goal setting is applied optimally during training processes, both employee motivation and organizational commitment can increase.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Latham |first=Gary P. |date=November 2004 |title=The motivational benefits of goal-setting |journal=[[Academy of Management Perspectives]] |volume=18 |issue=4 |pages=126–129 |doi=10.5465/ame.2004.15268727}}</ref>

Furthermore, training in goal setting has been linked to higher levels of performance among adults and children with mild to severe [[intellectual disability]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Copeland |first1=Susan R. |last2=Hughes |first2=Carolyn |date=March 2002 |title=Effects of goal setting on task performance of persons with mental retardation |journal=Education & Training in Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=40–54 |jstor=23879582}}</ref>