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How to play to your strengths

By: Laura Morgan Roberts, Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Jane Dutton, Robert E. Quinn, Emily Heaphy, Brianna Barker


Roberts, L., Spreitzer, G.M., Dutton, J.E., Quinn, R.E., Heaphy, E., and Barker, B. (2005). How to play to your strengths. Harvard Business Review, 83(1), 75-80.

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