Co-worker trust as a social catalyst for constructive employee attitudes

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 608-622

  Ferres, Natalie ^a   Connell, Julia ^b   Travaglione, Anthony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Organization behaviour; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744491696     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940410551516     Document Type: Article

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