A comparison of situational and dispositional predictors of perceptions of organizational politics

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 301-312

  O'Connor, Wendy E ^b   Morrison, Todd G ^a  

^a RED DEER COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Organizational climate; Organizational politics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0039738147     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980109603700     Document Type: Article

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