Methodologies for the study of organizational behavior processes: How to find your keys in the dark

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1109-1119

  Spector, Paul E ^a   Meier, Laurenz L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Causality; Mediation; Methodology; Process; Research design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910611654     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.1966     Document Type: Article

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