In search of the right touch: Interpersonal assertiveness in organizational life

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 381-385

  Ames, Daniel R ^a  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics

Author keywords

Assertiveness; Individual differences; Leadership; Organizational

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649114792     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2008.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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