Work alienation as an individual-difference construct for predicting workplace adjustment: A test in two samples 1

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1880-1902

  Hirschfeld, Robert R ^a   Feild, Hubert S ^b   Bedeian, Arthur G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034257431     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02473.x     Document Type: Article

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