Effect of organizational culture on creating learned helplessness attributions in R&D professionals: A canonical correlation analysis

Vikalpa

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 25-45

  Saxena, Sharad ^a   Shah, Hardik ^b  

^a SAS R and D (I) Pvt Ltd   (India)

^b Academy of Human Resources Development   (India)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation analysis; Learned helplessness attributions; Organizational culture; R D professionals

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053032272     PISSN: 02560909     EISSN: 23953799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0256090920080203     Document Type: Article

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