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In our English-only research world, there is a need for reviewers who are tolerant of imperfect texts from non-anglophone authors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2020

Cornelius J. König*
Affiliation:
Universität des Saarlandes
Nida ul Habib Bajwa
Affiliation:
Universität des Saarlandes
*
*Corresponding author. Email: ckoenig@mx.uni-saarland.de

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© Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Inc. 2020

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