Getting the job: Attributional retraining and the employment interview1

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 973-998

  Jackson, Shannan E ^a   Hall, Nathan C ^b   Rowe, Patricia M ^a   Daniels, Lia M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 64549083696     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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