Goals, goal orientations, strategies, and performance

New Developments in Goal Setting and Task Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 90-114

  Wood, Robert E ^a,b   Whelan, Jennifer ^a   Sojo, Victor ^a   Wong, Moureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84911880991     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203082744     Document Type: Chapter

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