Generalized self-efficacy as a mediator and moderator between control and complexity at work and personal initiative: A longitudinal field study in East Germany

Human Performance

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-192

  Speier, Christa ^b   Frese, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031514323     PISSN: 08959285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327043hup1002_7     Document Type: Article

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