Task enjoyment: A mediator between achievement motives and performance

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-29

  Puca, Rosa Maria ^a   Schmalt, Heinz Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033095805     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021327300925     Document Type: Article

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