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Abolishing the Uniform Guidelines: Be Careful What You Wish For

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

James L. Outtz
James L. Outtz*
Affiliation:
Outtz and Associates
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E-mail: [email protected], Address: Outtz and Associates, 816 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 800, Washington, DC 20006
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , December 2011 , pp. 526 - 533
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2011 

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