Just joking around? employee humor expression as an ingratiatory behavior

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 765-776

  Cooper, Cecily D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 26844481201     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2005.18378877     Document Type: Review

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