Relationship of goals and microlevel work processes to performance on a multipath manual task

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 483-497

  Audia, Giuseppe ^b,d   Brown, Kenneth G ^e   Kristof Brown, Amy ^a,c   Locke, Edwin A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

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EID: 0039862296     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.81.5.483     Document Type: Article

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