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A Factor Analytic Replication and Comparison on the Dimensionality of the I-E Scale

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Proceedings of the 1983 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference

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The focus of this research was to determine whether the I-E Scale does measure multiple dimensions or is unidimensional as Rotter (1966) had intended.

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Lunstrom, W.J., Uhr, E.B., Sciglimpaglia, D. (2015). A Factor Analytic Replication and Comparison on the Dimensionality of the I-E Scale. In: Rogers III, J., Lamb, Jr., C. (eds) Proceedings of the 1983 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference. Developments in Marketing Science: Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16937-8_21

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