Extending the stepladder technique: An examination of self-paced stepladder groups

Group Dynamics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 82-91

  Rogelberg, Steven G ^a   O'Connor, Matthew S ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001779555     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2699.2.2.82     Document Type: Article

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