Stages of learning motivation: Development and validation of a measure

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1421-1456

  Cole, Michael S ^a   Harris, Stanley G ^b   Feild, Hubert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 8744250350     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2004.tb02013.x     Document Type: Article

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