Title

Strategic thinking: The construction and validation of an instrument

Journal title

Polish Psychological Bulletin

Yearbook

2021

Volume

vol. 52

Issue

No 3

Affiliation

Rodrigues, Rosa Isabel : Instituto Superior de Gestão, Lisboa, Portugal ; Ferreira, Aristides : ISCTE-IUL, Lisboa, Portugal ; Neves, José : ISCTE-IUL, Lisboa, Portugal

Authors

Rodrigues, Rosa Isabel ; Ferreira, Aristides ; Neves, José

Keywords

Strategic thinking ; psychological evaluation ; construction and validation ; human resources

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Humanistyczne i Społeczne

Coverage

241-250

Publisher

Committee for Psychological Science PAS

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Date

2021.10.06

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/ppb.2021.137888

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Polish Psychological Bulletin (founded in 1970) is an official journal of Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee for Psychological Science.The journal publish a variety of papers, including empirical reports of experiments, surveys and field studies, theoretical articles, controversies and analytic papers on important psychological topics. Relevance for an international readership is our prominent goal, Polish Psychological Bulletin does not publish clinical case studies, or technical articles. Submissions from all domains of psychology are encouraged, especially those that address new developments and pursue innovative approaches.

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