The impact of performance-contingent rewards on perceived autonomy and competence

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 279-295

  Houlfort, Nathalie ^a   Koestner, Richard ^a   Joussemet, Mireille ^a   Nantel Vivier, Amélie ^a   Lekes, Natasha ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Competence; Motivation; Rewards

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036953562     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022819120237     Document Type: Article

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