Longitudinal tests on the influence of achievement goals on effort and intrinsic interest in the workplace

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 457-464

  Tanaka, Ayumi ^a   Okuno, Takuhiro ^a   Yamauchi, Hirotsugu ^a  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Effort; Intrinsic interest; Longitudinal study; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881231206     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-012-9318-1     Document Type: Article

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