Implicit processing goals combine with explicit goal standards to motivate performance through underlying comparison processes

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 210-219

  Bittner, Jenny V ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

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EID: 79951821311     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.768     Document Type: Article

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