Social comparisons at work as related to a cooperative social climate and to individual differences in social comparison orientation

Applied Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-80

  Buunk, Bram P ^a   Zurriaga, Rosario ^b   Peíró, José M ^b   Nauta, Aukje ^c   Gosalvez, Isabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

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EID: 12844272242     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2005.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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