The moderating effect of teamwork perceptions on the organizational politics-job satisfaction relationship

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 379-388

  Valle, Matthew ^a   Witt, L A ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Organizational politics; Teamwork importance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PERCEPTION; POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035376374     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540109600559     Document Type: Article

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