Willingness and capacity: The determinants of prosocial organizational behaviour among nurses in the UK

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1029-1048

  Lee, Hyun Jung ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HRM; Occupational commitment; Organizational commitment; Prosocial organizational behaviour; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345860868     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713769686     Document Type: Article

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