Employee satisfaction and theft: Testing climate perceptions as a mediator

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 389-402

  Kulas, John T ^a   McInnerney, Joanne E ^b   Demuth, Rachel Frautschy ^c   Jadwinski, Victoria ^a  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio Savings Bank ^*

^c Career Momentum Inc

Author keywords

Employee dissatisfaction; Employee theft; Organizational climate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEFT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; Q-SORT; THEFT;

EID: 34548202158     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.141.4.389-402     Document Type: Article

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