Exploring Morale in an Active Warzone: A Study of the Predictors of Morale During Deployment to Afghanistan
By: Lennart Schou Jeppesen and Andreas Elrond
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.31374/sjms.100 | Journal eISSN: 2596-3856
Language: English
Page range: 267 - 279
Submitted on: Feb 2, 2021
Accepted on: Nov 24, 2021
Published on: Dec 29, 2021
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