Are there gender differences in work ethic? An examination of the measurement equivalence of the multidimensional work ethic profile

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-213

  Meriac, John P ^a   Poling, Taylor L ^b   Woehr, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential functioning; Gender; Measurement equivalence; MWEP; Work ethic

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349097097     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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