Responses to gift-giving in a business context: An empirical examination

Psychological Reports

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 947-955

  Dorsch, Michael J ^a   Grove, Stephen J ^b   Pickett, Gregory M ^b   Kelley, Scott W ^b  

^a Bowling Green State University   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0002416353     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1997.81.3.947     Document Type: Article

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