Control variable use and reporting in macro and micro management research

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-74

  Atinc, Guclu ^a   Simmering, Marcia J ^a   Kroll, Mark J ^b  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

quantitative research; research design; survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055200426     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428110397773     Document Type: Review

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