Job-refusal letters: Readers' affectiue responses to direct and indirect organizational plans

Business Communication Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-73

  Smith, Gwendolyn N ^a   Nolan, Rebecca F ^a   Dai, Yong ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1542705460     PISSN: 10805699     EISSN: 15524191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108056999605900106     Document Type: Article

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