Causality Orientations in the Work Setting: Scale Development and Validation
By: Hallgeir Halvari and Anja Olafsen
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjwop.114 | Journal eISSN: 2002-2867
Language: English
Page range: 6 - 6
Submitted on: Feb 5, 2020
Accepted on: Jun 16, 2020
Published on: Jul 3, 2020
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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