Feedback-seeking behavior: A person-environment fit perspective

Proactivity at Work: Making Things Happen in Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 23-48

  De Stobbeleir, Katleen ^a,b   De Boeck, Giverny ^b   Dries, Nicky ^b  

^a VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 85028184797     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315797113     Document Type: Chapter

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