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A Growth and Fixed Mindset Exposition of the Value of Conceptual Clarity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Don Vandewalle*
Affiliation:
Southern Methodist University
*
E-mail: dvande@cox.smu.edu, Address: Management and Organizations Department, Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750333, Dallas, TX 75275-0333

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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2012 

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