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Trust me, I'm your boss: Trust and power in supervisor–supervisee communication

Michael Willemyns College of Business Sciences, Zayed University, PO Box 19282, Dubai, UAE (e-mail: [email protected])
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Cynthia Gallois School of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (e-mail): [email protected])
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Victor Callan UQ Business School, University of Queensland, Australia 4072 (e-mail: [email protected])
Pages 117-127 | Published online: 24 Jun 2010

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