A psychometric evaluation of a revised version of the Lennox and Wolfe revised self-monitoring scale

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 397-419

  O'Cass, Aron ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0034179514     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6793(200005)17:5<397::AID-MAR3>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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