Item reversals and response validity in the job diagnostic survey

Psychological Reports

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 213-219

  Burke, Beverly G ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040190212     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.85.1.213     Document Type: Article

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