Bringing together major theoretical and research developments in the application of goal concepts to personality and social psychology, this title, originally published in 1989, illustrates the relevance of goal research for industrial and organizational behavior studies and the utility of goal concepts for both motivation and social cognition research.

1. Lawrence A. Pervin Goal Concepts in Personality and Social Psychology: A Historical Perspective 2. Albert Bandura Self-Regulation of Motivation and Action Through Internal Standards and Goal Systems 3. Robert A. Emmons The Personal Striving Approach to Personality 4. Nancy Cantor and Christopher A. Langston Ups and Downs of Life Tasks in a Life Transition 5. Rex A. Wright and Jack W. Brehm Energization and Goal Attractiveness 6. Hazel Markus and Ann Ruvolo Possible Selves: Personalized Representations of Goals 7. Barry R. Schlenker and Michael F. Weigold Goals and the Self-Identification Process: Constructing Desired Identities 8. Thomas W. Lee, Edwin A. Locke and Gary P. Latham Goal Setting Theory and Job Performance 9. Donald R. Peterson Interpersonal Goal Conflict 10. Jerzy Trzebinski The Role of Goal Categories in the Representation of Social Knowledge 11. Stephen John Read and Lynn Carol Miller Inter-Personalism: Toward a Goal-Based Theory of Persons in Relationships 12. Lawrence A. Pervin Goal Concepts: Themes, Issues, and Questions. Author Index. Subject Index.