Understanding Goal Orientation Theory From The View Of Culture

This cross-cultural study compared collage athletes from three different countries (TheUnited States n=122, China n=326, Japan n=451) on goal orientation.Results indicated that:(1)American participants scored significantly higher than Chineseand Japanese in the task-orientation, there was no significant difference between Chinese andJapanese while on ego-orientation, Japanese scored significantly higher than Chinese andChinese scored significantly higher than American.(2)China and USA participants showedgender differences in ego orientation, and Japanese who did not. American showeddifferences of sports type on ego orientation.(3)Participants of China and Japan related veryprominently on task and ego orientation while Americans did not.(4) Americans showedcorrelation on independent self and ego-orientation only, while Chinese and Japanese showedsignificant correlation on both goal orientation and two kinds of self-cultural types.These findings showed some kind of conformity to the previous study, which has beenanalyzed and interpreted from the perspective of culture and put forward the prospects forfurther research.