Measurement invariance in mentoring research: A cross-cultural examination across Taiwan and the U.S.

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 274-282

  Hu, Changya ^a   Pellegrini, Ekin K ^b   Scandura, Terri A ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; International; Measurement equivalence invariance; Mentoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951950793     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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