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Edward L. Deci,
Richard M. Ryan
(1980).
The Empirical Exploration of Intrinsic Motivational Processes.
Advances in experimental social psychology
, 39-80.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0065-2601(08)60130-6
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- DOI
- 10.1016/s0065-2601(08)60130-6