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Interpersonal Styles and Labor Market Outcomes

Lex Borghans, Bas ter Weel and Bruce A. Weinberg
Journal of Human Resources, October 2008, 43 (4) 815-858; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.43.4.815
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