Self-reports and CEO locus of control research: A note

Organization Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 949-971

  Boone, Christophe ^a   De Brabander, Bert ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Chief Executive Officer; Common method variance; Cross level research; Locus of control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040454930     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/017084069701800603     Document Type: Article

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