Self-concept and competitiveness in three national cultures

Studia Psychologica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-309

  Grum, Darja Kobal ^a   Kolenc, Janez ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Educational Research Institute   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Competition; National cultural research; School motivation; Self concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649115711     PISSN: 00393320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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