Consensus creation. Historically, at that moment there was complete lack of conceptual consensus on
whether or not participation in goal setting led to the setting of higher or lower goals by workers.
There were streams of empirical research that were coming to totally different conclusions. This
paper showed how by bringing in scholars with different ideas and doing joint experiments, this
could be resolved. It created almost complete consensus on the effects of participation on goal
setting, and that consensus still persists today