Motivational skills & self-regulation for learning: A trait perspective

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 185-209

  Kanfer, Ruth ^a   Ackerman, Phillip L ^b   Heggestad, Eric D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030497379     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1041-6080(96)90014-X     Document Type: Article

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