Gender differences in supervisors' use of performance feedback

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 786-803

  Brewer, Neil ^a   Socha, Lynne ^b   Potter, Rob ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030131698     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1996.tb01131.x     Document Type: Article

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