Locus of control and the three components of commitment to change

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 503-512

  Chen, Jingqiu ^a   Wang, Lei ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Commitment to change; Locus of control; Psychological reaction to change

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849189091     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.07.025     Document Type: Article

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