Humour as Indirect Influence: Different Types of Managers' Sense of Humour and Psychological climate in a Team
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pedagogy and Psychology "Signum Temporis"
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1691-4929
DOI: 10.2478/v10195-011-0034-5