Increasing individual and team performance in an organizational setting through the situational adaptation of regulatory focus

Consulting Psychology Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 190-201

  Johnson, Paul ^a   Wallace, Craig ^b  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Goal striving; Motivation; Regulatory focus

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054901986     PISSN: 10659293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025622     Document Type: Article

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