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The conundrum of industrial-organizational psychology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2020

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Joel Lefkowitz*
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Bernard M. Baruch College and the Graduate Center, CUNY
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*Corresponding author. Email: joel.lefkowitz@baruch.cuny.edu
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , December 2019 , pp. 473 - 478
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© Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2020

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