Job values in professional education: The role of achievement goals

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-277

  Bråten, Ivar ^a   Strømsø, Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Intrinsic versus extrinsic goal contents; Job values; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749121816     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313830802025074     Document Type: Article

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