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Original Articles

Perfectionists do not like to share knowledge? Investigating the relationship between perfectionism and knowledge sharing and testing the moderation effect of coaching

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Pages 366-375 | Received 20 Apr 2017, Accepted 21 Jun 2018, Published online: 09 Jul 2018

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