The Systematic Distortion Hypothesis: A Confirmatory Test of the Implicit Covariance and General Impression Models

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 417-434

  Woehr, David J ^a   Day, David V ^b   Arthur, Winfred ^a   Bedeian, Arthur G ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85032068404     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: 15324834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp1604_2     Document Type: Article

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