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Representations of Trait Engagement: Integration, Additions, and Mechanisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Robert R. Hirschfeld  and
Christopher H. Thomas
Robert R. Hirschfeld*
Affiliation:
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Christopher H. Thomas
Affiliation:
Northern Illinois University
*
E-mail: rrhirschfeld@gmail.com, Address: Department of Management and Quantitative Methods, College of Business and Administration, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO 80933-7150
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 63 - 66
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Department of Management and Quantitative Methods, College of Business and Administration, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

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Department of Management, Northern Illinois University

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