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  1. Psychology Department, University of Utah, 84112, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Martin M. Chemers, Roya Ayman & Carol Werner

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This research was originally submitted as part of a Senior Honors thesis at the University of Utah by the second author. We thank Dr. Manuchehr Derakhshani, the staff of the National Institute of Psychology, Lily Ayman, Saba Ayman, and the people of the village of Soghad, Iran, without whose assistance the research could not have been conducted.

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Chemers, M.M., Ayman, R. & Werner, C. Expectancy theory analysis of migration. Popul Environ 1, 42–56 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00972723

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