Keen to help? managers' implicit person theories and their subsequent employee coaching

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 871-902

  Heslin, Peter A ^a,c   Vandewalle, Don ^a   Latham, Gary P ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750927335     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2006.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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