Proximal antecedents and correlates of adopted error approach: A self-regulatory perspective

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 428-451

  Van Dyck, Cathy ^a   Van Hooft, Edwin ^b   De Gilder, Dick ^a   Liesveld, Lillian ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

attribution of failure; error handling; self regulation

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONTROL;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF CONCEPT; SIZE PERCEPTION; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956576356     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540903366743     Document Type: Article

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