A sociocultural approach to motivation: A long time coming but here at last

Advances in Motivation and Achievement

Volumn 16 PARTB, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-42

  Walker, Richard ^a   Pressick Kilborn, Kimberley ^b   Sainsbury, Erica ^a   MacCallum, Judith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 78650832051     PISSN: 07497423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0749-7423(2010)000016B004     Document Type: Article

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