Work characteristics and employee outcomes in local government

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1804-1818

  Noblet, Andrew J ^a   McWilliams, John ^a   Teo, Stephen T T ^a   Rodwell, John J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Australia; Local government reform; Organizational citizenship behaviours; Work characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750354903     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190600965308     Document Type: Article

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