A Contingency Perspective on Developmental Networks

Exploring Positive Relationships at Work: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 207-224

  Higgins, Monica ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 85142117685     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315094199-14     Document Type: Chapter

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