The Impact of Business School Students’ Psychological Capital on Academic Performance

Journal of Education for Business

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 253-259

  Luthans, Brett Carl ^a   Luthans, Kyle William ^b   Jensen, Susan M ^b  

^a MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic performance; PsyCap; PsyCap training; psychological capital; student development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893062372     PISSN: 08832323     EISSN: 19403356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08832323.2011.609844     Document Type: Article

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