A multilevel study on antecedents of manager voice in Chinese context

Chinese Management Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-230

  Wang, Lin ^a   Huang, Jiaxin ^a   Chu, Xiaoping ^a   Wang, Xiaohui ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Employee relations; Leaders; Managers; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956157569     PISSN: 1750614X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506141011074110     Document Type: Article

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