Leadership behavior and employee voice: Is the door really open?

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 869-884

  Detert, James R ^a   Burris, Ethan R ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 34548799648     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2007.26279183     Document Type: Article

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