Breaking the Silence Culture: Stimulation of Participation and Employee Opinion Withholding Cross-nationally

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 459-482

  Huang, Xu ^a   Van de Vliert, Evert ^a   Van der Vegt, Gerben ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 70449415011     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2005.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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