Achievement motives, incentive values and attribution

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 423-432

  Haugen, Richard ^a   Lund, Thorleif ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 27944472965     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713696681     Document Type: Article

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