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Abusive supervision and organizational citizenship behaviour: is supervisor–subordinate guanxi a mediator?

Xiao-Yu Liu Department of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior, Business School, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, PR ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jing Wang Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Pages 1471-1489 | Received 07 Jan 2012, Accepted 19 Jun 2012, Published online: 05 Oct 2012

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