Locus of control and persuasion, social influence, and conformity: A meta-analytic review

Psychological Reports

Volumn 83, Issue 3 PART 1, 1998, Pages 899-903

  Avtgis, Theodore A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040914991     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1998.83.3.899     Document Type: Article

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