The issue of Mianzi : why are Asian students so performance-oriented? Is that a good or bad form of regulation?

• Main Author: Aw, Si Hui
• Other Authors: Weining Chu Chang
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social psychology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/38852
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Accordingly, the purpose of the current study is twofold. First, the paper will examine the differential effect of various achievement goals on future engagement behaviours when faced with academic failures. The second goal of this paper is to fill the gaps in past research, by investigating face (i...