Organizational anomie as moderator of the relationship between an unfavorable attitudinal environment and citizenship behavior (OCB): An empirical study among university administration and services personnel

Personnel Review

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 843-866

  Zoghbi Manrique Lara, Pablo ^a   Espino Rodríguez, Tomás F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Leadership; Public sector organizations; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748912971     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480710822391     Document Type: Article

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