The impact of personality on psychological contracts

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 350-367

  Raja, Usman ^a,b   Johns, Gary ^a,b   Ntalianis, Filotheos ^a,b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

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EID: 3142771521     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20159586     Document Type: Article

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