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When perspective-taking fails to inhibit customer aggression toward service employees

当观点采择失败拟制消费者对服务人员的攻击性时

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Pages 1034-1054 | Received 23 Apr 2021, Accepted 22 Aug 2021, Published online: 07 Sep 2021

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