The Relation between Demographic Descriptors and Soldier-Perceived Cohesion and Motivation

Military Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-128

  Siebold, Guy L ^a   Lindsay, Twila J ^b  

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

^b US Army Research Institute ^*

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EID: 0346364496     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327876mp1101_6     Document Type: Article

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