Antecedents and outcomes of perceived locus of causality: An application of self-determination theory

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2376-2404

  Turban, Daniel B ^a   Tan, Hwee Hoon ^b   Brown, Kenneth G ^c   Sheldon, Kennon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 34948835659     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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