MORALE DURING MILITARY OPERATIONS: A POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY APPROACH

Military Life: The Psychology of Serving in Peace and Combat: Volume 1 - 4

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 157-184

  Britt, Thomas W ^a   Dickinson, James M ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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