Self-other agreement: Does it really matter?

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 577-598

  Atwater, Leanne E ^a   Ostroff, Cheri ^b   Yammarino, Francis J ^b   Fleenor, John W ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032219953     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1998.tb00252.x     Document Type: Article

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