Psychological capital and employee performance: A latent growth modeling approach

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 427-450

  Peterson, Suzanne J ^a   Luthans, Fred ^b   Avolio, Bruce J ^c   Walumbwa, Fred O ^a   Zhang, Zhen ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 79957598212     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2011.01215.x     Document Type: Article

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