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Don’t get bogged down by the backlash

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2024

Traci Sitzmann ,
Gisella Bassani Open the ORCID record for Gisella Bassani [Opens in a new window]  and
Mary Lee Stansifer
Traci Sitzmann*
Affiliation:
University of Colorado Denver, Denver, USA
Gisella Bassani
Affiliation:
University of Colorado Denver, Denver, USA
Mary Lee Stansifer
Affiliation:
University of Colorado Denver, Denver, USA
*
Corresponding author: Traci Sitzmann; Email: traci.sitzmann@ucdenver.edu
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , December 2024 , pp. 525 - 529
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