State of the psychological contract: Manager and employee perspectives within an Australian credit union

Employee Relations

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 421-434

  Winter, Richard ^a   Jackson, Brent ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Ethos House   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Credit unions; Psychological contracts; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747459646     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450610683636     Document Type: Article

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