The competition-performance relation: A meta-analytic review and test of the opposing processes model of competition and performance

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1035-1070

  Murayama, Kou ^a   Elliot, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attainment; Goal structure; Productivity; Reward structure; Rivalry

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REWARD;

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

EID: 84874314537     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028324     Document Type: Article

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