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The medium matters: Why we need a specific focus on smartphones

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2021

Jennifer M. Ragsdale*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, The University of Tulsa
Thomas B. Ayres
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, The University of Tulsa
Rusty Wilson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, The University of Tulsa
*
*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]

Abstract

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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

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Order of second and third authors presented alphabetically due to equal contributions.

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