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Disabling Employment Interviews: Warfare to work

Paul S. Duckett Division of Psychology, University of Northumbria, Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
Pages 1019-1039 | Published online: 01 Jul 2010

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