Editing Goal setting (section)

===Assigned goals versus participatively set goals ===
The question of whether or not participatively set goals are more motivating than supervisor set goals arose due to differences in findings between Erez and her colleagues and those of Latham and colleagues. Erez and her colleagues found evidence that under certain circumstances Latham's earlier conclusion that performance was the same regardless of whether or not goals were set by supervisors or participatively, was wrong. This disagreement was resolved through a process beginning with a conversation between Erez and Latham with Locke as the neutral interlocutor which in turn led to both Erez and Latham jointly designing an experiment to explore the reasons for their disagreement.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Latham|first1=Gary P.|last2=Erez|first2=Miriam|last3=Locke|first3=Edwin A.|date=1988|title=Resolving scientific disputes by the joint design of crucial experiments by the antagonists: Application to the Erez–Latham dispute regarding participation in goal setting.|url=http://doi.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/0021-9010.73.4.753|journal=Journal of Applied Psychology|language=en|volume=73|issue=4|pages=753–772|doi=10.1037/0021-9010.73.4.753|issn=1939-1854|url-access=subscription}}</ref> This collaboration of two researchers with differing views is an early example of [[adversarial collaboration]] and led to the following published findings that resolved the disagreement:

# Supervisor set goals are equally as motivating if they are accompanied by a reason for the goal. 
# Participation in goal setting and decision making improves employee performance through increasing self-efficacy and aiding the discovery of suitable task strategies to achieve goals.<ref name="Latham 2007" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Locke|first1=Edwin A.|last2=Latham|first2=Gary P.|last3=Erez|first3=Miriam|date=January 1988|title=The Determinants of Goal Commitment|url=http://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amr.1988.4306771|journal=Academy of Management Review|language=en|volume=13|issue=1|pages=23–39|doi=10.5465/amr.1988.4306771|issn=0363-7425|url-access=subscription}}</ref>