Exploring Achievement Striving as a Moderator of the Grading Leniency Effect

Journal of Marketing Education

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 4-14

  Bacon, Donald R ^a   Novotny, Jenny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b XEROX CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 33644517957     PISSN: 02734753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0273475302241002     Document Type: Article

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