Situated motivation: An empirical test in an accounting course

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-115

  Adler, Ralph W ^a   Milne, Markus J ^b   Stablein, Ralph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035603327     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-4490.2001.tb00248.x     Document Type: Article

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