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Employees’ Satisfaction with Supervisor Communication and Personal Feedback

Economic Themes
Volume 59 (2021): Issue 4 (December 2021)
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|May 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ethemes-2021-0030 | Journal eISSN: 2217-3668 | Journal ISSN: 0353-8648
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Language: English
Page range: 535 - 554
Submitted on: Mar 31, 2020
Accepted on: Oct 18, 2021
Published on: May 9, 2022
Published by: University of Niš, Faculty of Economics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
satisfaction,
supervisor communication,
personal feedback,
employees,
job satisfaction
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Political economics, other,
Business management,
Business management, other

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