Increasing Psychological Capital: A Pre-Registered Meta-Analysis of Controlled Interventions

Applied Psychology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2020, Pages 1506-1556

  Lupșa, Daria ^a   Vîrga, Delia ^a   Maricuțoiu, Laurențiu P ^a   Rusu, Andrei ^a  

^a WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OPTIMISM; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; WELLBEING;

EID: 85074362554     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apps.12219     Document Type: Review

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