Analyzing Goal-Striving Processes and a Test of the Generalizability of Perceptual Control Theory

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 334-362

  Vancouver, Jeffrey B ^a   Putka, Dan J ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001609573     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.2000.2901     Document Type: Article

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