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Predicting army cadets’ performance: The role of character strengths, GPA and GMA

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|Dec 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jms-2021-0016 | Journal eISSN: 1799-3350 | Journal ISSN: 2242-3524
Language: English
Page range: 139 - 153
Submitted on: Oct 21, 2019
Accepted on: Apr 1, 2021
Published on: Dec 16, 2021
Published by: National Defense University
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