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Mindfulness complements sexual harassment and racial discrimination training by counteracting implicit gender and race biases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2020

Tao Yang*
Affiliation:
Purdue University Fort Wayne
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*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]

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© Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Inc. 2020

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