Are your employees avoiding you? Managerial strategies for closing the feedback gap

Academy of Management Executive

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-46

  Moss, Sherry E ^a   Sanchez, Juan I ^a,b   Heisler, William J ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HR Management   (United States)

^c TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1842420620     PISSN: 10795545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/ame.2004.12691168     Document Type: Review

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