Development and validation of the organizational dissent scale

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-229

  Kassing, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 25144490042     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318998122002     Document Type: Article

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