The contribution of positive politics to the prediction of employee reactions

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-96

  Fedor, Donald ^a,e   Maslyn, John ^b   Farmer, Steven ^c   Bettenhausen, Kenneth ^d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BELMONT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 37549053676     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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