A Matter of Time: Individual Differences, Contextual Dynamics, and Goal Progress Effects on Multiple-Goal Self-Regulation

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 692-709

  Schmidt, Aaron M ^a   Dolis, Chad M ^a   Tolli, Adam P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

goal orientation; goal performance discrepancies; multiple goals; resource allocation; time

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTENTION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 65649141985     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015012     Document Type: Article

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