Positive affectivity as a moderator of the objective-task characteristics/perceived-task characteristics relationship

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1248-1278

  Fortunato, Vincent J ^a   Stone Romero, Eugene F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0035619935     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2001.tb02673.x     Document Type: Article

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