The Relationship Between Control, Job Seeking, and Well-Being in Unemployed People

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 689-701

  Creed, Peter A ^a   Hood, Michelle ^a   Leung, Lai Yin ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84858389315     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00798.x     Document Type: Article

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