Who Helps and Harms Whom? Relational Antecedents of Interpersonal Helping and Harming in Organizations

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 952-966

  Venkataramani, Vijaya ^a   Dalal, Reeshad S ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

counterproductive behavior; interpersonal harming; interpersonal helping; organizational citizenship behavior; social networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34548864085     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.4.952     Document Type: Article

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