Can We Develop Measures of Hypothetical Constructs

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-183

  Schmitt, Neal ^a   Jennings, Danielle ^a   Toney, Rebecca ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0010659339     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-4822(99)00017-0     Document Type: Article

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