Development of the Competitive Work Environment Scale: A Multidimensional Climate Construct

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-124

  Fletcher, Thomas D ^a   Nusbaum, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

competition; competitive climate; scale development; work environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993791804     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164409344492     Document Type: Article

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