Organizational cynicism: Extending the exit, voice, loyalty, and neglect model of employees' responses to adverse conditions in the workplace

Human Relations

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 683-718

  Naus, Fons ^a   Van Iterson, Ad ^a   Roe, Robert ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cynicism; Employee cynicism; Employee disengagement; Exit; Loyalty; Organizational cynicism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249651424     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726707079198     Document Type: Article

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