Who are employees' social referents? Using a network perspective to determine referent others

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 249-268

  Shah, Priti Pradhan ^a  

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EID: 0032220239     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/256906     Document Type: Article

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