The Forgotten Facet: Employee Satisfaction with Management above the Level of Immediate Supervision

Applied Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-209

  Dalal, Reeshad S ^a   Bashshur, Michael R ^b   Credé, Marcus ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 79952060609     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2010.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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