Invited reaction: The Work Cognition Inventory: Initial evidence of construct validity

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-47

  Newman, Daniel A ^a   Joseph, Dana L ^a   Sparkman, Torrence E ^a   Carpenter, Nichelle C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79952782376     PISSN: 10448004     EISSN: 15321096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.20065     Document Type: Article

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