The Enactment of Envy within Organizations: Insights from a New Zealand Academic Department

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 36-56

  Mouly, V Suchitra ^a   Sankaran, Jayaram K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84990316894     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886302381003     Document Type: Article

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