Development and construct validation of the German workplace trust survey (G-WTS)

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-10

  Lehmann Willenbrock, Nale ^a   Kauffeld, Simone ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coworker trust; Organizational trust; Supervisor trust; Survey; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949085828     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000002     Document Type: Article

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