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PsychologyExpectancy theoryLife expectancySocial psychologyDemographySociologyPopulation
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- 1956
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 245-247
- Citations
- 108
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Joseph Weitz
(1956).
Job expectancy and survival..
Journal of Applied Psychology
, 40
(4)
, 245-247.
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0048082
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- DOI
- 10.1037/h0048082