EMPLOYEE PROPENSITY TO WITHHOLD EFFORT: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL TO INTERSECT THREE AVENUES OF RESEARCH
Academy of Management ReviewPublished 1 July 1993
Roland E. Kidwell, Nathan Bennett
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Roland E. Kidwell, Jr., Nathan Bennett, Employee Propensity to Withhold Effort: A Conceptual Model to Intersect Three Avenues of Research, The Academy of Management Review, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Jul., 1993), pp. 429-456
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