Trust-in-supervisor and helping coworkers: Moderating effect of perceived politics

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 518-532

  Poon, June M l ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Employee relations; Line managers; Organizational culture; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747757969     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940610684373     Document Type: Article

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