The Cult Of Personality Testing: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us To Mi...

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Book Title: Cult of Personality Testing : How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves

Item Length: 8.5in

Item Height: 0.8in

Item Width: 5.5in

Author: Annie Murphy Paul

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Sociology / General, Popular Culture, Personality, Social Psychology

Publisher: Free Press

Publication Year: 2005

Genre: Psychology, Social Science

Item Weight: 11.9 Oz

Number of Pages: 320 Pages