Motivation and the Theory of Current Concerns

Handbook of Motivational Counseling: Concepts, Approaches, and Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-27

  Klinger, Eric ^a   Miles Cox, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic concepts of motivation; Basic motivational concepts; Enjoyment of goals; Goal pursuit; Theory of current concerns

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948984822     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713129.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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