An attribution theory of motivation

Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology: Volume 1

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 135-155

  Weiner, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446249215.n8     Document Type: Chapter

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