Edwin Locke believes that goal setting can enhance individual work performance for all of the following reasons except A) goals can clarify performance expectations between supervisor and subordinate, among co-workers, and across organizational subunits. B) goals give direction to people in their work. C) goals can clarify performance expectations between competing organizations. D) goals can establish a frame of reference for task feedback. E) goals provide a foundation for behavioural self-management.

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Edwin Locke's theory of goal setting primarily focuses on how goals affect individual and group performance within an organization, not between competing organizations. Goals clarify expectations within an organization, give direction, establish feedback frames, and support self-management, but they do not directly address inter-organizational competition.

Edwin Locke Believes That Goal Setting Can Enhance Individual Work