South Korean managerial reactions to voicing discontent: The effects of employee attitude and employee communication styles

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1001-1018

  Kim, Tae Yeol ^a   Rosen, Benson ^b   Lee, Deog Ro ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Seowon University   (South Korea)

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EID: 70349492495     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.612     Document Type: Article

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