Employment-related motivational distortion: Its nature, measurement, and reduction

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 405-441

  Hakstian, A Ralph ^a   Ng, Ee Ling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Motivational distortion; Personality scale adjustments

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744447309     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164404267293     Document Type: Article

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