Advances in Psychological Science ›› 2023, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (1): 116-126.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1042.2023.00116
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ZHENG Yinbo1, LI Xin1(), HUANG Huadong2, LI Bin1, LI Aimei1()
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2022-03-06
Online:
2023-01-15
Published:
2022-10-13
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LI Xin,LI Aimei
E-mail:starli0813@foxmail.com;tliaim@jnu.edu.cn
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ZHENG Yinbo, LI Xin, HUANG Huadong, LI Bin, LI Aimei. The double-edged sword effect of mortality cues on employee performance: A perspective of transactional stress theory[J]. Advances in Psychological Science, 2023, 31(1): 116-126.
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