Effects of causal attributions on personnel decisions: A social motivation perspective

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-166

  Struthers, C Ward ^a   Weiner, Bernard ^a   Allred, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0039390553     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2002_7     Document Type: Article

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