Achievement and avoidance motivational orientations in the domain of mentoring

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 524-537

  Hirschfeld, Robert R ^a   Thomas, Chris H ^b   Lankau, Melenie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Goal orientation; Learning; Mentoring; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646588704     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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