The impact of team identification on biased predictions of player performance

Psychological Record

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-66

  Wann, Daniel L ^a   Koch, Katrina ^a   Knoth, Tasha ^a   Fox, David ^a   Aljubaily, Hesham ^a   Lantz, Christopher D ^b  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 32944467456     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395537     Document Type: Article

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