Procrastination in Job-Seeking: An Analysis of Motivational Processes and Feelings of Hopelessness

Journal of Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 267-282

  Senécal, Caroline ^a   Guay, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0034582342     PISSN: 08861641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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