Beliefs about 'Improvability' of career-relevant skills: Relevance to job/task analysis, competency modelling, and learning orientation

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-131

  Maurer, Todd J ^a   Wrenn, Kimberly A ^a   Pierce, Heather R ^a   Tross, Stuart A ^b   Collins, William C ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^c IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

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EID: 0037232168     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.182     Document Type: Article

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