News Finding: They recognize when they're procrastinating.
Paper Finding: The potential cognitive benefits of participation are discussed in some detail in and were implied in the Latham and Saari (1979b) study.
News Context: When you have that much clarity around your goal, your chances of hitting the mark increase dramatically. They recognize when they're procrastinating. It's important to figure out the reasons for your procrastination.
Paper Context: found that the single most successful field experiment on participation to date stressed the cognitive benefits; participation was used to get good ideas from workers as to how to improve performance efficiency . The potential cognitive benefits of participation are discussed in some detail in and were implied in the Latham and Saari (1979b) study. In contrast, perceived goal clarity and goal feedback were significantly related to performance only for less educated technicians (fewer than 12 years of education).