A mega-trial investigation of goal setting, interest enhancement, and energy on procrastination

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 406-411

  Gröpel, Peter ^a   Steel, Piers ^b  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy; Goal setting; Interest enhancement; Procrastination

Indexed keywords

EID: 47049089765     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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