Helping to improve suggestion systems: Predictors of making suggestions in companies

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1139-1155

  Frese, Michael ^a   Teng, Eric ^a   Wijnen, Cees J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ArboNed BV   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0033234891     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1379(199912)20:7<1139::AID-JOB946>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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