Goal setting in the academic arena

New Developments in Goal Setting and Task Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 495-506

  Morisano, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84920481002     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203082744     Document Type: Chapter

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