When whistle-blowing works: The norwegian case

Human Relations

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1071-1097

  Skivenes, Marit ^a   Trygstad, Sissel C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

communication; effectiveness; labour relations; power resources; whistle blowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049380761     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726709353954     Document Type: Article

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