Goal orientation, task difficulty, and task interest: A multilevel analysis

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-178

  Horvath, Michael ^a   Herleman, Hailey A ^a   Lee McKie, R ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Goal orientation; Goals; HLM; Multilevel analysis; Perceived difficulty; Task interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749623899     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-006-9029-6     Document Type: Article

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