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Toward Understanding the Psychology of Unfolding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Nathan T. Carter*
Affiliation:
Bowling Green State University
Christopher J. Lake
Affiliation:
Bowling Green State University
Michael J. Zickar
Affiliation:
Bowling Green State University
*
E-mail: ntcarter@mail.ucf.edu, Address: Department of Psychology, 330 Psychology Building, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816

Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2010 

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Footnotes

*

Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University.

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