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The relationship between attributional style and destructive responses to job dissatisfaction: an exploratory study of internal migrant workers in China

Siu-On KwanDepartment of Management, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Fu-Keung Daniel WongDepartment of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
Pages 686-695 | Received 27 Oct 2013, Accepted 25 Apr 2014, Published online: 30 May 2014

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