Can I do it? Will I try? Personal efficacy, assigned goals, and performance norms as motivators of individual performance

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 624-648

  Gibbons, Deborah E ^a   Weingart, Laurie R ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035263747     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2001.tb02059.x     Document Type: Article

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