Aggregated personality, climate and demographic factors as predictors of departmental shrinkage

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 287-297

  Levine, Stephen Z ^a   Jackson, Chris J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregated personality; Occupational climate; Shrinkage; Theft

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036347045     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019693717563     Document Type: Article

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