Analysis of the reliability of the leadership practices inventory in the item response theory framework

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 180-191

  Zagorsek, Hugo ^a,c   Stough, Stanley J ^b   Jaklic, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Faculty of Economics   (Slovenia)

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EID: 33845451202     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: 14682389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2389.2006.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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