There are many ways in which researchers ask participants about their personal goals or projects, yet findings subsequently considered interchangeable. This study experimentally tested whether different of asking elicits and impacts reports goal progress. Undergraduate (N = 285) were assigned to one three conditions (personal goals, open-ended goals)...

from the proposal: “Although goal striving is important in people’s lives, little research has examined goal striving. In the motivation literature focus has been on goal setting and, to a much lesser degree, goal attainment. No published study has examined entrepreneurs’ goal striving, which constitutes the purpose of the study. A sample of entrepreneurs will provide the data for the study. Th...