Attitudinal and behavioral outcomes of psychological contract breach: A cross cultural comparison of the United States and Hong Kong Chinese

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 229-252

  Kickul, Jill ^a   Lester, Scott W ^b   Belgio, Elizabeth ^c  

^a Simmons School of Management   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural differences; Employee satisfaction; Organizational citizenship behavior; Organizational commitment; Psychological contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444501814     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595804044751     Document Type: Article

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