Task completion as a function of organizational factors.

In this article, the author attempts to study "motivated" behavior, not from the point of view of specific and relatively separate "drives" or "needs," but from the side of the structure of the subject's own psychological field. Specifically, the author proposes to investigate the operation in behav...

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Publicado en:Journal of Personality Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 192 - 206
Autores principales: Torrey, Jane W., TORREY, J W
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Dec49
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