Less need to be there: Cross-level effects of work practices that support work-life flexibility and enhance group processes and group-level OCB

Human Relations

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1123-1153

  Van Dyne, Linn ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Kossek, Ellen ^a   Lobel, Sharon ^g,h  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Society of Organizational Behavior

^c Academy of Management

^d Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology   (United States)

^e AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^f American Psychological Society

^g SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Executive Leadership Program

Author keywords

Cross level effects on group; Discretionary behavior; Enhanced group effectiveness; Group processes; New ways of working; Organizational citizenship behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547841371     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726707081657     Document Type: Article

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