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Coherent Conceptualization Is Useful for Many Things, and Understanding Validity Is One of Them

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

John F. Binning  and
James M. LeBreton
John F. Binning*
Affiliation:
The DeGarmo Group, Inc., and Illinois State University
James M. LeBreton
Affiliation:
Purdue University
*
E-mail: jbinning@ilstu.edu, Address: The DeGarmo Group, Inc., and Illinois State University, 2116 S. Morris Ave., Bloomington, IL 61704
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , December 2009 , pp. 486 - 492
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2009 

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Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University

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