The influence of supportive leadership and job characteristics on work alienation: A six-country investigation

Journal of World Business

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 463-476

  Banai, Moshe ^a   Reisel, William D ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alienation; Job characteristics; Supportive leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 35549012343     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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