The relationship between future goals and achievement goal orientations: An intrinsic-extrinsic motivation perspective

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 264-279

  Lee, Jie Qi ^a   McInerney, Dennis M ^b   Liem, Gregory Arief D ^c   Ortiga, Yasmin P ^d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goal orientation; Future goal; Future Time Perspective; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956451077     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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