Following the Piper Alpha disaster and the subsequent public enquiry, Lord Cullen recommended that the Health and Safety Executive shift its emphasis towards an 'auditing of systems' approach, rather than an 'inspection of sites' approach. Although primarily aimed at the offshore industry, the implications for all industries are that management will have to develop safety management systems tha...

The goal-setting theory of motivation is " the single most dominant theory in the field, with over a thousand articles and reviews published on the topic in over 35 years (Mitchell & Daniels, 2003, p.231). The theory proposes that goals are the immediate regulators of behavior and setting specific and difficult goals leads to higher performance levels than general " do your best " , or easy goa...

the aim of the present study was to examine the effect of goal setting on learning volleyball serve in novice female university students. the study included 20 female students (aged between 20 and 22 who were not physical education students with no volleyball history) who were randomly assigned to a goal setting or no goal setting group (n1=n2=10) using pretest scores. no goal setting group was...

Goal setting is one of the most frequently used mental skills in sports, and Setting Theory has been prominent theoretical framework upon which goal interventions are based. The present study provides a systematic review examining how tenets GST have applied to sport. A total 27 peer-reviewed studies written English, implemented with athletes sport-specific, (i.e. non-laboratory) context, were ...