Gendered ways to motivation gains in groups

Sex Roles

Volumn 60, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 731-744

  Weber, Bernhard ^a   Wittchen, Marion ^b   Hertel, Guido ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Gender; Motivation gains; Social competition; Social indispensability

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349254548     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9574-4     Document Type: Article

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