Person-task fit: Emotional consequences of performing divergent versus convergent thinking tasks depend on need for cognitive closure
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عنوان ژورنال: Personality and Individual Differences
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0191-8869
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2018.09.018