When two factors don't reflect two constructs: How item characteristics can produce artifactual factors

Journal of Management

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 659-677

  Spector, Paul E ^a   Van Katwyk, Paul T ^b   Brannick, Michael T ^b   Chen, Peter Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031536967     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014920639702300503     Document Type: Article

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