General Knowledge Overconfidence: Cross-National Variations, Response Style, and "Reality"

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-94

  Yates, J Frank ^a   Lee, Ju Whei ^a   Bush, Julie G G ^a  

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EID: 0002641698     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1997.2696     Document Type: Article

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