An upward feedback field experiment: Supervisors' cynicism, reactions, and commitment to subordinates

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 275-297

  Atwater, Leanne E ^a   Waldman, David A ^b   Atwater, David ^b   Cartier, Priscilla ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034346253     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2000.tb00202.x     Document Type: Article

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