The big five and achievement motivation: Exploring the relationship between personality and a two-factor model of motivation

Individual Differences Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 267-274

  Hart, Jason W ^a   Stasson, Mark F ^b   Mahoney, John M ^c   Story, Paul ^d  

^a CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d William and Mary

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