'Be cool!': Emotional costs of hiding feelings in a job interview

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-401

  Sieverding, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 73149105462     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: 14682389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2389.2009.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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