Organizational error management culture and its impact on performance: A two-study replication

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1228-1240

  Van Dyck, Cathy ^a,c   Baer, Markus ^b,d   Frese, Michael ^b,d   Sonnentag, Sabine ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Errors; Longitudinal study; Organizational climate; Organizational learning; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

EID: 29444444905     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.90.6.1228     Document Type: Review

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