Group differences and measurement equivalence: Implications for command climate survey research and practice

Military Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-37

  Dierdorff, Erich C ^a   Surface, Eric A ^b   Meade, Adam ^c   Thompson, Lori Foster ^c,d   Martin, Don L ^c,d  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Surface Ward and Associates ^*  (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Army Research Institute   (United States)

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EID: 33846373358     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327876mp1801_2     Document Type: Article

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