Explaining variations in co-worker assistance in organizations

Organization Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 797-823

  Frenkel, Stephen J ^a   Sanders, Karin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Co worker relations; Group cohesion; Helping behaviour; Management control; Organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB); Organizational commitment; Reciprocity norm

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249022308     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840607073079     Document Type: Article

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