The effect of process feedback and task complexity on personal goals, information searching, and performance improvement

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 1889-1911

  Korsgaard, M Audrey ^a   Diddams, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030274341     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1996.tb00104.x     Document Type: Article

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