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Narrow Standards for Efficacy and the Research Playground: Why Either–Or Conclusions Do Not Help

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Robert G. Jones*
Affiliation:
Missouri State University
Richard J. Klimoski
Affiliation:
George Mason University
*
E-mail: robertjones@missouristate.edu, Address: Department of Psychology, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008 

Footnotes

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Department of Psychology, Missouri State University

**

School of Management, George Mason University

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