The Achievement Motive: A Review of Theory and Assessment of n Achievement, Hope of Success, and Fear of Failure

Implicit Motives

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Pang, Joyce S ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Content coding measures; Fear of failure; Hope of success; N achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875533518     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195335156.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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