Why Do Fools Fall in Love (at Work)? Factors Associated With the Incidence of Workplace Romance

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 906-937

  Salvaggio, Amy Nicole ^a   Streich, Michelle ^b   Hopper, Jennifer E ^a   Pierce, Charles A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b Edward Jones   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

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EID: 79955003766     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00741.x     Document Type: Article

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