Cumulatively Large Benefits of Incrementally Small Intervention Effects: Costing Metacontingencies of Chronic Absenteeism

Journal of Organizational Behavior Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 83-95

  Mawhinney, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

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EID: 0039792796     PISSN: 01608061     EISSN: 15408604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J075v18n04_06     Document Type: Article

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