The Evolution of the Measurement of Cohesion

Military Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-26

  Siebold, Guy L ^a  

^a US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0006717998     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327876mp1101_2     Document Type: Article

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