Antecedents and consequences of organisational silence: An empirical investigation

Employee Relations

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 441-458

  Vakola, Maria ^a   Bouradas, Dimitris ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Communication management; Job satisfaction; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144439957     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450510611997     Document Type: Article

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