Seven plus or minus two

Performance Improvement Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 113-116

  Farrington, Jeanne ^a  

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EID: 78751700582     PISSN: 08985952     EISSN: 19378327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/piq.20099     Document Type: Article

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