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A simple solution to a complex problem: Manipulate the mediator!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2021

Scott Highhouse  and
Margaret E. Brooks
Scott Highhouse*
Affiliation:
Bowling Green State University
Margaret E. Brooks
Affiliation:
Bowling Green State University
*
*Corresponding author. Email: shighho@bgsu.edu
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , December 2021 , pp. 493 - 496
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

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