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  1. Department of Psychology, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL, USA

    John Houston

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Houston, J. (2016). Realistic Occupational Types. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_796-1

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