Dispositional Attribution: Multiple Inferences About Motive-Related Traits

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 530-544

  Reeder, Glenn D ^a   Vonk, Roos ^b   Ronk, Maria J ^a   Ham, Jaap ^b   Lawrence, Melissa ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 1842484277     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.86.4.530     Document Type: Article

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