When is seeking help appropriate? How norms affect help seeking in organizations

Help Seeking in Academic Settings: Goals, Groups, and Contexts

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 151-174

  Sandoval, Brian A ^a   Lee, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84920431661     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203726563     Document Type: Chapter

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