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Validating the Psychosocial Safety Climate Questionnaire – Integration of Findings from Cognitive Interviews in Germany and Sweden Cover

Validating the Psychosocial Safety Climate Questionnaire – Integration of Findings from Cognitive Interviews in Germany and Sweden

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|Oct 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjwop.85 | Journal eISSN: 2002-2867
Language: English
Page range: 9 - 9
Submitted on: Feb 13, 2019
Accepted on: Sep 30, 2019
Published on: Oct 18, 2019
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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