Time-related discounting of value and decision-making about job options

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-105

  Hesketh, Beryl ^a   Watson Brown, Christine ^a   Whiteley, Sonja ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0013245660     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvbe.1996.1570     Document Type: Article

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