Business owners' optimism and business performance after a natural disaster

Psychological Reports

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 960-962

  Bronson, James W ^a   Faircloth III, James B ^b   Valentine, Sean R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROL; DISASTER; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MOTIVATION; NATURAL DISASTERS; NORTH DAKOTA; OWNERSHIP; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICS;

EID: 33846839511     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.99.3.960-962     Document Type: Review

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