Causality orientations and the disappearance of the self-serving bias

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 76-87

  Knee, C Raymond ^a   Zuckerman, Miron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030102905     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jrpe.1996.0005     Document Type: Article

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