Loneliness in the workplace: Construct definition and scale development

New Zealand Journal of Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 59-68

  Wright, Sarah L ^a   Burt, Christopher D B ^a   Strongman, Kenneth T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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