Commitment to nested collectives in Special Operations Forces

Military Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-224

  Heffner, Tonia S ^a   Gade, Paul A ^a  

^a US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0042329798     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327876MP1503_04     Document Type: Article

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