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Focusing on the Goal of Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Brian J. O’Leary*
Affiliation:
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Carmelo J. Turillo
Affiliation:
Tulane University
*
E-mail: boleary@utc.edu, Address: The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Department of Psychology, 615 McCallie Ave., Mail Stop 2803, Chattanooga, TN 37403

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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008 

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