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Open systems, closed interventions? A way forward requires systems thinking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2022

Shanique G. Brown*
Affiliation:
Wayne State University
Julaine M. Fowlin
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University
*
*Corresponding author. Email: shanique.brown@wayne.edu

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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

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