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Achievement /

Gwen Bradford presents a systematic account of what achievements are, and why they are worth the effort. She argues that more things count as achievements than we might have thought, and offers a new perfectionist theory of value in which difficulty, perhaps surprisingly, plays a central part in cha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bradford, Gwen (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Achievement motivation.
Performance.
Success.
Values.
Performance technology.
Motivation d'accomplissement.
Rendement au travail.
Succès.
PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology.
SCIENCE > Cognitive Science.
Performance technology
Achievement motivation
Performance
Success
Values
Psychology.
Social Sciences.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Gwen Bradford presents a systematic account of what achievements are, and why they are worth the effort. She argues that more things count as achievements than we might have thought, and offers a new perfectionist theory of value in which difficulty, perhaps surprisingly, plays a central part in characterizing achievements.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191782473
0191782475
0191023396
9780191023392