Maintenance communication in superior-subordinate relationships: An exploratory investigation of group social context and the “pelz effect”

Southern Communication Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 144-157

  Lee, Jaesub ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 85007848348     PISSN: 1041794X     EISSN: 19303203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10417949809373085     Document Type: Article

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