On the Social Psychology of Agency Relationships: Lay Theories of Motivation Overemphasize Extrinsic Incentives

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-62

  Heath, Chip ^a  

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EID: 0002096593     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1999.2826     Document Type: Article

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