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Scarcity as a motive of work

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2025

Jon Murphy
Affiliation:
Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, USA
Ann-Marie R. Castille*
Affiliation:
Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, USA
*
Corresponding author: Ann-Marie R. Castille; Email: [email protected]

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

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