The concept of general expectancy in various personality dispositions

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-114

  Haugen, Richard ^a   Lund, Thorleif ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Expectancy; Factor analysis; Personality dispositions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347599410     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00106     Document Type: Article

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