The moderating effect of job security on the relation between role clarity and job performance: A longitudinal field study

Human Relations

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 787-805

  Fried, Yitzhak ^a   Slowik, Linda Haynes ^a   Shperling, Zipi ^b   Franz, Cheryl ^c   Ben David, Haim A ^c   Avital, Naftali ^c   Yeverechyahu, Uri ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Job performance; Job security; Longitudinal effect; Role clarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141765926     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00187267030567002     Document Type: Review

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