The methodology of personal projects analysis: Four modules and a funnel

Personal Project Pursuit: Goals, Action, and Human Flourishing

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 51-93

  Little, Brian R ^a   Gee, Travis L ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 85076662340     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315089928-2     Document Type: Chapter

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