Contextual antecedents of informal feedback in the workplace

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 233-257

  van der Rijt, Janine ^a   van de Wiel, Margje W J ^b   Van den Bossche, Piet ^a,c   Segers, Mien S R ^a   Gijselaers, Wim H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 84862660547     PISSN: 10448004     EISSN: 15321096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.21129     Document Type: Article

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