Overconfidence: It depends on how, what, and whom you ask

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 216-247

  Klayman, Joshua ^a   Soll, Jack B ^a   González Vallejo, Claudia ^a   Barlas, Sema ^a  

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EID: 0000932689     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1999.2847     Document Type: Article

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