The two dimensions of motivation and a reciprocal model of the creative process

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 255-266

  Forgeard, Marie J C ^a   Mecklenburg, Anne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Extrinsic motivation; Intrinsic motivation; Prosocial motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887547797     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032104     Document Type: Article

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