Conceptualizing employee silence and employee voice as multidimensional constructs

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1359-1392

  Van Dyne, Linn ^a   Ang, Soon ^b   Botero, Isabel G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 0041861415     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00384     Document Type: Review

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