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Kohn, M L Job complexity and adult personality 1980 Article Psychology of Work, Kohn-Schooler Intellectual Flexibility, Reciprocity, Personality, Identity, Self, Distress, Psychology, Work Complexity, Development
Citation with Excerpt Kohn, M L 1980 Article Themes of work and love in adulthood Intellectual Flexibility Reciprocity Personality Identity Self Distress Psychology Work Complexity Development Psychology of Work Kohn-Schooler

"Job complexity and adult personality"

by Kohn, M L (1980)

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THERE HAVE BEEN several distinct approaches to the study of work, each of them emphasizing some aspect that bears on a particular theoretical concern of the investigator. Rarely, though, has that concern been the effect of work on personality. Sociologists have …

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Intellectual Flexibility, Reciprocity, Personality, Identity, Self, Distress, Psychology, Work Complexity, Development

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Psychology of Work, Kohn-Schooler

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