Minority dissent in organizations: Factors influencing willingness to dissent

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2451-2466

  De Dreu, Carsten K W ^a   De Vries, Nanne K ^a   Franssen, Hanneke ^b   Altink, Wieby M M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ABN AMRO Corporate Research   (Netherlands)

^c Psycho Techniek SHL   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0034350148     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02445.x     Document Type: Article

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