Researching employees’ perceptions of benefits communication: A communication inquiry on channel preferences, understanding, decision‐making, and benefits satisfaction

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 391-403

  Picherit Duthler, Gaelle ^a   Freitag, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EID: 67649957695     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08824090409360003     Document Type: Article

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