The formation of political sub-climates: Predictions from social identity, structuration, and symbolic interaction

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 201-209

  Treadway, Darren C ^a,c   Adams, Garry L ^b   Goodman, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c School of Business Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational sub climates; Perceptions of politics; Political climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844480604     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-005-8259-z     Document Type: Article

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