Within-occupation sources of variance in incumbent perception of job complexity

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 95-108

  Ganzach, Yoav ^a   Pazy, Asya ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035529932     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317901167253     Document Type: Article

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