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Intrinsic Motivation: The Science of Commitment

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So there is a plan. Someone—perhaps with your help or at your request—has identified an issue they need to address or a behavior they need to change. And with your help, they have worked out what they ought to do instead, the new behavior they now need to display. Goals have been set, development plans written, and dates for a review of progress agreed. Now what?

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    Nik Kinley

  2. IMD Business School, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

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Kinley, N., Ben-Hur, S. (2023). Intrinsic Motivation: The Science of Commitment. In: Changing Employee Behavior. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29340-5_3

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