Understanding the effects of extrinsic rewards on intrinsic motivation - Uses and abuses of meta-analysis: Comment on Deci, Koestner, and Ryan (1999)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 669-676

  Lepper, Mark R ^a   Henderlong, Jennifer ^b   Gingras, Isabelle ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONTROL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; META ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; NOTE; REWARD;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; META-ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; REWARD;

EID: 0033220154     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.125.6.669     Document Type: Review

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