Social Comparison and Information Transmission in the Work Context

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-61

  Fischer, Peter ^a   Kastenmüller, Andreas ^a   Frey, Dieter ^a   Peus, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 58449129658     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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