Group mate absence, dissimilarity, and individual absence: Another look at "monkey see, monkey do"

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-124

  Gellatly, Ian R ^a   Allen, Natalie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissimilarity; Employee absenteeism; Relational demography; Social influence; Workgroup mate absence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857258647     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2010.546947     Document Type: Article

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