The development of an attribution-based theory of motivation: A history of ideas

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-36

  Weiner, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77950883241     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00461520903433596     Document Type: Article

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