Helping to improve suggestion systems: Predictors of making suggestions in companies

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Helping to improve suggestion systems: Predictors of making suggestions in companies. / Frese, Michael; Teng, Eric; Wijnen, Cees J.D.
In: Journal of Organizational Behavior, Vol. 20, No. 7, 12.1999, p. 1139-1155.

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Frese M, Teng E, Wijnen CJD. Helping to improve suggestion systems: Predictors of making suggestions in companies. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 1999 Dec;20(7):1139-1155. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1379(199912)20:7<1139::AID-JOB946>3.0.CO;2-I

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