A cybernetic model of impression management processes in organizations

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-30

  Bozeman, Dennis P ^a   Kacmar, K Michele ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002967055     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1996.2669     Document Type: Article

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