The combined effect of ratee's bodyweight and past performance information on performance judgments

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 527-543

  Nieminen, Levi R G ^a   Rudolph, Cort W ^b   Baltes, Boris B ^a   Casper, Christine M ^a   Wynne, Kevin T ^a   Kirby, Lyndsay C ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84875314929     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2013.01033.x     Document Type: Article

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