Affective Disposition and the Letter of Reference

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 207-221

  Judge, Timothy A ^a   Higgins, Chad A ^a  

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EID: 0009898653     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1998.2789     Document Type: Article

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