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Prioritizing the Learning Agility Research Agenda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Sarah A. Hezlett*
Affiliation:
PDRI, an SHL Company
Nathan R. Kuncel
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
*
E-mail: sarah.hezlett@pdri.com, Address: PDRI, an SHL Company, 650 3rd Ave South, Suite 1800, Minneapolis, MN 55402

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