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An Argument for Context-Specific Personality Assessments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Eric D. Heggestad  and
Heather L. Gordon
Eric D. Heggestad*
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Heather L. Gordon
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
*
E-mail: edhegges@email.uncc.edu, Address: Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , September 2008 , pp. 320 - 322
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008 

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Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Organizational Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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