Negative consequences of felt violations: The deeper the relationship, the stronger the reaction

Applied Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 397-420

  Raja, Usman ^a   Johns, Gary ^b   Bilgrami, Sabahat ^c  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^c Research and Development Wing   (Pakistan)

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EID: 79956132700     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2011.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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