The dispositional approach to job attitudes: An empirical and conceptual review

Personality and Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 163-171

  Staw, Barry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410610034     Document Type: Chapter

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