Self-engagement as a predictor of performance and emotional reactions to performance outcomes

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-257

  Britt, Thomas W ^a   McKibben, Eric S ^a   Greene Shortridge, TiffanyM ^a   Beeco, Adam ^a   Bodine, Ashley ^a   Calcaterra, Jennifer ^a   Evers, Terri ^a   McNab, Jessica ^a   West, Amanda ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; POLITICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; POLITICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953601880     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466609X438090     Document Type: Article

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