The moderating effect of situation strength on the relationship between personality and provision of effort

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1587-1606

  Withey, Michael J ^a   Gellatly, Ian R ^b   Annett, Michael ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 29144513665     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2005.tb02186.x     Document Type: Review

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