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Naylor and llgen (1984) propose that there are two types of goal specificity. One type of goal specificity is quantitative specificity the degree of quantitative precision with which the level of performance of the desired outcome is defined); however, another type of goal specificity is content or outcome specificity the explicitness with which the content of the desired outcome is defined). For example, the goal of writing two publishable papers a year is specific with regard to both quantity and content. The goal of writing publishable papers is specific with regard to content but is not specific regarding quantity. The goal of making two scientific contributions a year is specific with regard to quantity but is not specific regarding the content of the goal (naylor 8 llgen, Although there is a substantial body of research on the effect of quantitative specificity on task performance, there is little consideration of the effect of content specificity on performance (exceptions include Campbell 8 Gingrich, 1986; Earley 1985, 1986; Erez 8 Arad, This paper therefore discusses how content specificity influences the performance of simple versus complex tasks.

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