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Management: When jobs go wrong

Having to dismiss lab members is not easy, but there are ways to make the process less painful for all involved.

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Woolston, C. Management: When jobs go wrong. Nature 531, 539–541 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7595-539a

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