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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Linking Leader’s Positive Humor and Employee Bootlegging: Empirical Evidence from China

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Pages 1283-1297 | Received 07 Feb 2023, Accepted 05 Apr 2023, Published online: 19 Apr 2023

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