When the Going Gets Tough, Do the Tough Ask for Help? Help Seeking and Power Motivation in Organizations

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 336-363

  Lee, Fiona ^a  

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EID: 0000101146     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1997.2746     Document Type: Article

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