Success breeds success, especially when self-efficacy is related with an internal attribution of causality;El éxito lleva al éxito, especialmente cuando la autoeficacia se relaciona con una atribución interna de causalidad

Estudios de Psicologia

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-165

  Salanova, Marisa ^a   Martínez, Isabel ^a   Llorens, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Causal attribution; Efficacy beliefs; Success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862874768     PISSN: 02109395     EISSN: 15793699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1174/021093912800676420     Document Type: Article

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