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using organizational science research to address u.s. federal agencies’ management & labor needs

by herman aguinis, gerald f. davis, james r. detert, mary ann glynn, susan e. jackson, tom kochan, ellen ernst kossek, carrie leana, thomas w. lee, elizabeth morrison, jone pearce, jeffrey pfeffer, denise rousseau, kathleen m. sutcliffe
May 24, 2017

Author Note

Authorship order is alphabetical. We thank Sara Rynes-Weller, Sim Sitkin, and Dave Nussbaum for highly constructive and useful comments on drafts of the article.

Author Affiliation

Aguinis, Department of Management, School of Business, George Washington University; Davis, Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan; Detert, Leadership and Organizational Behavior, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia; Glynn, Management and Organization, Carroll School of Management, Boston College; Jackson, Human Resource Management, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University; Kochan, Work and Organization Studies, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kossek, Organizational Behavior & HR Management, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University; Leana, Organizations and Entrepreneurship, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh; Lee, Management & Organization, Foster School of Business, University of Washington; Morrison, Management and Organizations Department, Stern School of Business, New York University; Pearce, Organization and Management, Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine; Pfeffer, Organizational Behavior, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University; Rousseau, Organizational Behavior and Theory, Heinz College and Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University; Sutcliffe, Management & Organization, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University. Corresponding author’s e-mail address: [email protected]

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