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Organizational size and perceptions in a residential treatment program

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Hellman, I.D., Greene, L.R., Morrison, T.L. et al. Organizational size and perceptions in a residential treatment program. Am J Commun Psychol 13, 99–109 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00923262

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