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Goal orientation scale
Performance and learning goals - Vandewalle 1997
The scale
Learning goal:
I am willing to select a challenging assignment that I can learn a lot from For me, development of my ability is important enough to take risks I often look for opportunities to develop new skills and knowledge I enjoy challenging and difficult tasks where I'll learn new skills I prefer to work in situations that require a high level of ability and talentAvoidance performance goal:
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 prefer to avoid situations where I might perform poorly I'm concerned about taking on a task if my performance would reveal that I had low abilityProve performance goal:
I'm concerned with showing that I can perform better than my peers I prefer to work on projects where I can prove my ability to others I try to figure out what it takes to prove my ability to others I enjoy it when others are aware of how well I am doing