You stab my back, I'll stab yours: Management experience and perceptions of organization political behaviour

British Journal of Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-64

  Buchanan, David A ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 39049116095     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2007.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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