The influence of organizational demography on customer-oriented prosocial behavior: An exploratory investigation

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 209-216

  Pelled, Lisa Hope ^a   Cummings, Thomas G ^a   Kizilos, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HAY GROUP   (United States)

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EID: 0034148359     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(98)00094-0     Document Type: Article

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