Calling: The Development Of A Scale Measure

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1001-1049

  Dobrow, Shoshana R ^a   Tosti Kharas, Jennifer ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 81855206156     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2011.01234.x     Document Type: Article

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