Beliefs About Older Workers' Learning and Development Behavior in Relation to Beliefs About Malleability of Skills, Age-Related Decline, and Control

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 223-242

  Wrenn, Kimberly A ^a   Maurer, Todd J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 1542380765     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2004.tb02546.x     Document Type: Article

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