The Impact of Goal Setting on Public Project Performance:The Mediate Effect of Self-efficacy and the Moderate Effect of Organizational Communication

doi:10.13438/j.cnki.jdxb.2022.05.011

Abstract

Abstract: China is in a critical period of promoting the reform of comprehensive budget performance management,and goal setting is the basic part of it.Based on the survey data of the questionnaire of budget officials in Guangdong Province,this paper uses structural equation model to test the impact of goal setting on public project performance and its mechanism.It is found that goal clarity and goal participation have a significant positive impact on public project performance;self-efficacy plays an intermediary role in the impact of goal clarity and goal participation on public project performance;and organizational communication plays a significant positive role in regulating the impact of goal clarity on public project performance.In the path of the impact of goal clarity and self-efficacy on the performance of public projects,the economically developed areas are significantly larger than the economically underdeveloped areas.These findings have a certain decision-making reference value for the financial department to improve the setting of performance goals and improve the performance of public projects.

Key words: goal setting, public project performance, organizational communication

ZHANG Qiang, SHI Wandi. The Impact of Goal Setting on Public Project Performance:The Mediate Effect of Self-efficacy and the Moderate Effect of Organizational Communication[J]. Journal of Jishou University(Social Sciences Edition), 2022, 43(5): 93-109.

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