The interaction between social goals and self-construal on achievement motivation

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 136-148

  Cheng, Rebecca Wing yi ^a,b   Lam, Shui Fong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Culture; Goal orientation; Self construal; Social goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873291442     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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