Managing time: The effects of personal goal setting on resource allocation strategy and task performance

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 357-367

  Strickland, Oriel J ^a   Galimba, Mark ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive interference; Goals; Motivation; Multitasking; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME MANAGEMENT;

FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; MOTIVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 9444274171     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980109603704     Document Type: Article

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