A cross-cultural examination of the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-60

  Loo, Robert ^a   Shiomi, Kunio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b HYOGO UNIVERSITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION   (Japan)

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EID: 0030637957     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(96)00178-X     Document Type: Article

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