The role of utility value in achievement behavior: The importance of culture

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 303-317

  Shechter, Olga G ^a   Durik, Amanda M ^b   Miyamoto, Yuri ^a   Harackiewicz, Judith M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Interest; Motivation; Utility; Value

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751514724     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210396380     Document Type: Article

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