The role of perceived wealth competence, wealth values, and internal wealth locus of control in predicting wealth creation behavior1

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2525-2540

  Steed, Lyndall ^a   Symes, Maxine ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 70349687084     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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