Developing, maintaining and disengaging from workplace friendships

Friends and Enemies in Organizations: A Work Psychology Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 78-100

  Sias, Patricia M ^a   Gallagher, Erin B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85004060367     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230248359     Document Type: Chapter

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