The Work Cognition Inventory: Initial evidence of construct validity

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-35

  Nimon, Kim ^a   Zigarmi, Drea ^b   Houson, Dobie ^b   Witt, David ^b   Diehl, Jim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b The Ken Blanchard Companies ^*  (United States)

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EID: 79952776735     PISSN: 10448004     EISSN: 15321096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.20064     Document Type: Article

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