Job-content perceptions, performance-reward expectancies, and absenteeism among low-wage public-sector clerical employees

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 553-564

  Hirschfeld, Robert R ^a   Schmitt, Leigh P ^b   Bedeian, Arthur G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Clerical; Job characteristics; Performance reward expectancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036258466     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015450218211     Document Type: Article

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