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What If We Took Within-Person Performance Variability Seriously?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Cynthia D. Fisher*
Affiliation:
Bond University
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E-mail: cynthia_fisher@bond.edu.au, Address: School of Business, Bond University, Gold Coast QLD 4229, Australia

Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008 

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Footnotes

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School of Business, Bond University

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