The automatic pursuit and management of goals

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-13

  Shah, James Y ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Goals; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 15744400521     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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