Managing to stay in the dark: Managerial self-efficacy, ego defensiveness, and the aversion to employee voice

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1013-1034

  Fast, Nathanael J ^a   Burris, Ethan R ^b   Bartel, Caroline A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84906987974     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0393     Document Type: Article

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