From self-reference to autology: How to operationalize a circular approach

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Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 269-281

  Esposito, Elena ^a  

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EID: 0040157313     PISSN: 05390184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/053901896035002006     Document Type: Article

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