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Be the ant, not the grasshopper: Preparing for the next black swan event

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2021

Jeh Cooper*
Affiliation:
Human Performance Manager, BWX Technologies, Inc.
Kevin J. Eschleman
Affiliation:
Associate Professor, Psychology Department, San Francisco State University
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*Corresponding author. Email: jehcooper@gmail.com

Abstract

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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

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