Competition and performance: More facts, more understanding? Comment on Murayama and Elliot (2012)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1071-1078

  Johnson, David W ^a   Johnson, Roger T ^a   Roseth, Cary J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Cooperation; Performance

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ACHIEVEMENT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; GOALS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84874299725     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029454     Document Type: Article

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