Empowerment, expectations, and the psychological contract - Managing the dilemmas and gaining the advantages

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 471-485

  Paul, Robert J ^a   Niehoff, Brian P ^a   Turnley, William H ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee expectations; Empowerment; Psychological contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009838636     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-5357(00)00083-4     Document Type: Article

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