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Toward a Better Understanding of the Role of Situations in Linking Personality, Work Behavior, and Job Performance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Neil D. Christiansen  and
Robert P. Tett
Neil D. Christiansen*
Affiliation:
Central Michigan University
Robert P. Tett
Affiliation:
University of Tulsa
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E-mail: chris1nd@cmich.edu, Address: Department of Psychology, Sloan Hall, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , September 2008 , pp. 312 - 316
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008 

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Department of Psychology, Central Michigan University

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Department of Psychology, University of Tulsa

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