Supervisors' Beliefs and Subordinates' Intrinsic Motivation: A Behavioral Confirmation Analysis

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 331-340

  Pelletier, Luc G ^a   Vallerand, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0030496748     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.71.2.331     Document Type: Article

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