Competitiveness is not that bad...at least in the East: Testing the hierarchical model of achievement motivation in the Asian setting

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 446-457

  King, Ronnel B ^a   McInerney, Dennis M ^b   Watkins, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Competitiveness; Culture; Deep learning; Mastery goals; Performance goals; Surface learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860577488     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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