Machiavellians' motives in organizational citizenship behavior

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 246-267

  Becker, Jennifer A H ^a,c   O'Hair, H Dan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c 115 Switzler Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Machiavellianism; OCB Motives; Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547421070     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: 14795752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909880701434232     Document Type: Review

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