Success through a positive mental attitude?: The role of positive thinking in door-to-door sales

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-68

  Schweingruber, David ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644914477     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2006.00037.x     Document Type: Review

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