Association of type A behavior and job performance in a sample of Kuwaiti workers

Psychological Reports

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 189-196

  Alkhadher, Othman ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

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EID: 0040784681     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.85.1.189     Document Type: Article

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