Is Self-Determined Functioning a Universal Prerequisite for Motive-Goal Congruence? Examining the Domain of Achievement in Three Cultures

Journal of Personality

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 747-780

  Hofer, Jan ^a   Busch, Holger ^a   Bond, Michael Harris ^b   Kärtner, Joscha ^a   Kiessling, Florian ^c   Law, Ruby ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; CAMEROON; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GOALS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953945013     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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