'That is my job': How employees' role orientation affects their job performance

Human Relations

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 403-434

  Parker, Sharon K ^a,b  

^a Department of Occupational Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Job autonomy; Job performance; Perceived job breadth; Role orientation; Role perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947403180     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726707076684     Document Type: Article

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