Psychological climate and individual performance in India: Test of a mediated model

Employee Relations

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 664-676

  Biswas, Soumendu ^a   Varma, Arup ^b  

^a XAVIER INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SERVICE   (India)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee behaviour; Job satisfaction; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548993236     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450710826131     Document Type: Article

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