A provisional comparison of factor structures using English, Japanese, and Chinese versions of the kirton adaption-innovation inventory

Psychological Reports

Volumn 83, Issue 3 PART 1, 1998, Pages 1095-1103

  Danis, Wade ^b   Dollinger, Marc J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0347038685     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1998.83.3.1095     Document Type: Article

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