Conceptualizing and Measuring Organizational and Psychological Climate
Conceptualizing and Measuring Organizational and Psychological Climate
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Author(s): William H. Glick
Source: The Academy of Management Review, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Jul., 1985), pp. 601-616
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