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Light Already Defines the Darkness: Understanding Normal and Maladaptive Personality in the Workplace

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Neil D. Christiansen*
Affiliation:
Central Michigan University
Stuart W. Quirk
Affiliation:
Central Michigan University
Chet Robie
Affiliation:
Wilfrid Laurier University
Frederick L. Oswald
Affiliation:
Rice University
*
E-mail: chris1nd@cmich.edu, Address: Department of Psychology, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48858

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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2014

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