Individuals' inducements and the role of personality: Implications for psychological contracts

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 649-663

  Nikolaou, Ioannis ^a   Tomprou, Maria ^a   Vakola, Maria ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Personality; Personality measurement; Psychological contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848910823     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940710820082     Document Type: Article

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