Self-evaluations involved in goal setting and task performance

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-182

  Hinsz, Verlin B ^a   Matz, David C ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 21744450252     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.1997.25.2.177     Document Type: Article

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