Playing dumb and knowing it all: Competitive orientation and impression management strategies

Individual Differences Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 265-271

  Thornton, Bill ^a   Lovley, Andrew ^a   Ryckman, Richard M ^a,b   Gold, Joel A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

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