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When training backfires and what can be done about it

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2019

Logan M. Steele  and
Joseph A. Vandello
Logan M. Steele*
Affiliation:
University of South Florida
Joseph A. Vandello
Affiliation:
University of South Florida
*
*Corresponding author. Email: steele.logan.m@gmail.com
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , March 2019 , pp. 30 - 33
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© Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2019 

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