The Effects of a Learning-Goal Orientation Training on Self-Regulation: A Field Experiment Among Unemployed Job Seekers

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 723-755

  Noordzij, Gera ^a   Van Hooft, Edwin A J ^b   Van Mierlo, Heleen ^a   Van Dam, Arjan ^c   Born, Marise Ph ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Fidare Hilversum ^*  (Netherlands)

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EID: 84880667721     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/peps.12011     Document Type: Article

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