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Original Articles

The dark and the bright sides of proactive work behaviour and situational constraints: Longitudinal relationships with task conflicts

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Pages 654-680 | Received 13 Aug 2009, Accepted 19 Apr 2010, Published online: 15 Sep 2011

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