The effect of enhancing self-efficacy prior to job training

Journal of Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 633-650

  Wolfe, Shere L ^a   Nordstrom, Cynthia R ^a   Williams, Karen B ^a  

^a Campus Box 4620 ^*

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