Motivating goal pursuit: The role of affect motivational intensity and activated goals

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 922-926

  Hart, William ^a   Gable, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Behaviour; Goal; Motivation; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878985526     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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