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Work can be good; not all work is good—let’s make it better

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2025

Christopher J. L. Cunningham Open the ORCID record for Christopher J. L. Cunningham [Opens in a new window]  and
Emma Vosika
Christopher J. L. Cunningham*
Affiliation:
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Psychology Department, Chattanooga, TN, USA
Emma Vosika
Affiliation:
Clemson University, Psychology Department, Clemson, SC, USA
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Corresponding author: Christopher J. L. Cunningham; Email: [email protected]
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , March 2025 , pp. 62 - 66
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