Cultural Differences in Newcomer Feedback Seeking: A Comparison of the United States and Hong Kong

Applied Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-22

  Morrison, Elizabeth Wolfe ^a,b   Chen, Ya Ru ^a   Salgado, Susan Reilly ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0842281979     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2004.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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