A modified work locus of control scale: Preliminary investigation of reliability and validity in a sample of pharmacists

Psychological Reports

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 640-642

  Gupchup, Gireesh V ^a   Wolfgang, Alan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PHARMACIST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANA; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHARMACISTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0031252917     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1997.81.2.640     Document Type: Article

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