The development of the motivational style profile

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-18

  Apter, Michael J ^a   Mallows, Richard ^c   Williams, Stephen ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Resource Systems   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Arousal; Inconsistency; Mastery; Motivation; Negativism; Personality; Reversal theory; Seriousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031613316     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00148-7     Document Type: Article

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