Self-regulation and multiple deadline goals

Work Motivation: Past, Present, and Future

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 197-231

  Mitchell, Terence R ^a   Harman, Wendy S ^a   Lee, Thomas W ^a   Lee, Dong Yeol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203809501     Document Type: Chapter

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