Easing the strain: The buffer role of supervisors in the perceptions of politics-strain relationship

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-354

  Harris, Kenneth J ^a   Kacmar, K Michele ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 25444518707     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317905X26110     Document Type: Review

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