Passing the word: Toward a model of gossip and power in the workplace

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 428-438

  Kurland, Nancy B ^a   Pelled, Lisa Hope ^a  

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EID: 0034343209     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2000.3312928     Document Type: Article

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