Self-regulation through goal setting

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 212-247

  Latham, Gary P ^a   Locke, Edwin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0001006994     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0749-5978(91)90021-K     Document Type: Article

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