Performance management managerial citizenship and worker commitment: A study of the United States postal service with some global implications

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 137-172

  Kick, Edward L ^a   Fraser, James C ^b   Davis, Byron L ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalization; Organizational culture; Organizational justice; Performance management; Total quality management; Worker commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746087273     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X06060594     Document Type: Review

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