Unidimensionality of abbreviated proactive personality scales across cultures

Applied Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 476-489

  Claes, Rita ^a   Beheydt, Colin ^a   Lemmens, Björn ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 26444562327     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2005.00221.x     Document Type: Review

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