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I-O psychologists as the leaders in the “Wittgensteinian Shortfall” recovery: Improving our science communication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2022

Nicholas A. Smith  and
Ann Hergatt Huffman
Nicholas A. Smith*
Affiliation:
OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, Portland, OR, USA
Ann Hergatt Huffman
Affiliation:
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
*
*Corresponding author. Email: nicholas.smith@pdx.edu
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , June 2022 , pp. 277 - 279
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

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