Pursuing academic interests: The role of implicit theories

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2621-2631

  Zuckerman, Miron ^b   Gagne, Marylene ^a   Nafshi, Iris ^c  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0035668015     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2001.tb00193.x     Document Type: Article

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