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The Affronting of the Uniform Guidelines: From Propaganda to Discourse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Kyle E. Brink*
Affiliation:
St. John Fisher College
Jeffrey L. Crenshaw
Affiliation:
Personnel Board of Jefferson County, Alabama
*
E-mail: [email protected], Address: St. John Fisher College, 3690 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618

Abstract

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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2011 

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