Measuring motivational gravity: Likert or scenario scaling?

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 43-47

  Carr, Stuart C ^a   Powell, Vanessa ^a   Knezovic, Maria ^a   Munro, Don ^a   Maclachlan, Malcolm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attitude surveys; Australia; Corporate culture; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037730     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683949610124816     Document Type: Article

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