From goals to action

Goal-Directed Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 175-202

  Sheeran, Paschal ^a   Webb, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203869666     Document Type: Chapter

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