Effect of a coach's regulatory focus and an individual's implicit person theory on individual performance

Journal of Management

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 809-835

  Sue Chan, Christina ^a   Wood, Robert E ^b   Latham, Gary P ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coaching orientation; Implicit person theory; Regulatory fit; Regulatory focus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859334799     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206310375465     Document Type: Article

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