Workplace isolation: Exploring the construct and its measurement

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-223

  Marshall, Greg W ^a   Michaels, Charles E ^b   Mulki, Jay P ^c  

^a ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33947432868     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20158     Document Type: Article

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