Examining relationships among work ethic, academic motivation and performance

Educational Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 523-540

  Meriac, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

academic motivation; academic performance; work ethic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931570674     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2014.895291     Document Type: Article

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