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A Labor Economic Perspective on Overqualification

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Daniel C. Feldman*
Affiliation:
University of Georgia
Douglas C. Maynard
Affiliation:
State University of New York at New Paltz
*
E-mail: dfeldman@terry.uga.edu, Address: Terry College of Business, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602

Abstract

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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2011 

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