Reconceptualising organisational role theory for contemporary organisational contexts

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 440-464

  Wickham, Mark ^a   Parker, Melissa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employee behaviour; Performance management; Social skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447265269     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940710757182     Document Type: Article

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