Moderators of the relationship between cognitive ability and performance: General versus context-specific achievement motivation

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2389-2409

  Hirschfeld, Robert R ^a,d   Lawson, Lucinda ^b   Mossholder, Kevin W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 13544263508     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2004.tb01983.x     Document Type: Review

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