Considering “the optimality of personality": Goals, sell-concordance, and multilevel personality integration

Personal Project Pursuit: Goals, Action, and Human Flourishing

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 355-373

  Sheldon, Kennon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 44049094140     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315089928-13     Document Type: Chapter

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