If I can do it my way...The influence of regulatory focus on job-related values and job attraction

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-70

  Sassenberg, Kai ^a   Scholl, Annika ^a  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Job attraction; Job related values; Regulatory focus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880330380     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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