The work addiction risk test: Development of a tentative measure of workaholism

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 199-210

  Robinson, Bryan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TYPE A BEHAVIOR; WORK;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; HUMANS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINOLOGY; TYPE A PERSONALITY; WORK;

EID: 0033072546     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1999.88.1.199     Document Type: Article

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