Cultural variations in pre-emptive effort downplaying

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-19

  Pualengco, Reinier P ^a   Chiu, Chi Yue ^a   Kim, Young Hoon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Cultural difference; Pre emptive effort downplaying

Indexed keywords

EID: 60649087144     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2008.01265.x     Document Type: Article

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