Impact of situational legitimacy and assertiveness-related anxiety/discomfort on motivation and ability to generate effective criticism responses

Current Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-92

  Piccinin, Serge ^a   McCarrey, Michael ^a   Fairweather, David ^a   Vito, Diana ^a   Conrad, Gretchen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 33745472984     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-998-1022-7     Document Type: Article

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