SOCIAL SUPPORT: ITS RELATIONSHIP TO OBSERVED COMMUNICATION WITH PEERS AND SUPERIORS.
Academy of Management JournalPublished 1 March 1987
Sandra L. Kirmeyer, Tzu-Ming Lin
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Using the basis of employee's face-to-face interactions with coworkers and superiors, the article considers the effects of the content, direction and source of organizational communication on perce...
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