Self-efficacy and strategy on complex tasks

Applied Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 430-446

  Wood, Robert E ^a,b   Atkins, Paul ^a   Tabernero, Carmen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0039594954     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1464-0597.00024     Document Type: Article

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