Feedback seeking from peers: A positive strategy for insecurely attached team-workers

Human Relations

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 441-464

  Wu, Chia Huei ^a   Parker, Sharon K ^b   de Jong, Jeroen P J ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

attachment styles; feedback seeking; job performance; proactivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898676787     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726713496124     Document Type: Article

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