Social information processing and job characteristics: A simultaneous test of two theories with implications for job satisfaction

Human Communication Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 292-330

  Pollock, Timothy G ^a   Whitbred, Robert C ^c   Contractor, Noshir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin ^*

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EID: 0034164154     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2000.tb00759.x     Document Type: Article

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