When organizational climate is unambiguous, it is also strong

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 351-364

  Dickson, Marcus W ^a,d   Resick, Christian J ^b   Hanges, Paul J ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate strength; GLOBE Project; Mechanistic organizations; Organic organizations; Organizational climate; Organizational form

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33645417234     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.91.2.351     Document Type: Article

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