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Bridging the academic–practice gap through big team science initiatives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 June 2025

Liana Kreamer Open the ORCID record for Liana Kreamer [Opens in a new window] ,
William G. Obenauer Open the ORCID record for William G. Obenauer [Opens in a new window]  and
Haley R. Cobb Open the ORCID record for Haley R. Cobb [Opens in a new window]
Liana Kreamer*
Affiliation:
College of Psychology and Liberal Arts, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, USA
William G. Obenauer
Affiliation:
Maine Business School, The University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
Haley R. Cobb
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
*
Corresponding author: Liana Kreamer; Email: lkreamer@fit.edu
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , June 2025 , pp. 195 - 200
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