Self-presentational responses to success in the organization: The costs and benefits of modesty

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 229-242

  Wosinska, Wilhelmina ^a   Dabul, Amy J ^b   Whetstone Dion, Robin ^b   Cialdini, Robert B ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030535574     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp1802_8     Document Type: Article

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