The development and preliminary testing of a scale to measure the latent and manifest benefits of employment

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 191-198

  Muller, Juanita J ^a   Creed, Peter A ^a   Waters, Lea E ^b   Machin, M Anthony ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access to categories of experience; Fryer; Jahoda; Latent benefits; Manifest benefits; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544454208     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.21.3.191     Document Type: Review

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