Editorial: Insights from research on Asian students' achievement motivation

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 865-869

  Hau, Kit Tai ^a   Ho, Irene T ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Achievement goal; Achievement motivation; Asian; Collectivism

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ASIA; ASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS;

EID: 50949110203     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207590701838030     Document Type: Review

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