Going around the boss: Exploring the consequences of circumvention

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-74

  Kassing, Jeffrey W ^a,b  

^a Arizona State University West ^*  (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee dissent; Employee voice; Superior subordinate communication; Upward dissent; Upward influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 48149097901     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318907302020     Document Type: Article

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