Vicissitudes of goal commitment: Satisfaction, investments, and alternatives

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 663-668

  Burkley, Edward ^a   Anderson, Darshon ^a   Curtis, Jessica ^a   Burkley, Melissa ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternatives; Commitment; Goals; Investment; Motivation; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871755479     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.11.033     Document Type: Article

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