Investigating Equity Sensitivity as a Moderator of Relations between Self-Efficacy and Workplace Attitudes

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 805-816

  O'Neill, Bonnie S ^a   Mone, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 0032350935     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.83.5.805     Document Type: Article

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