Goal setting theory, job feedback, and OCB: Lessons from a longitudinal study

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-128

  Vigoda Gadot, Eran ^a   Angert, Larisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 34250878958     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973530701331536     Document Type: Article

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