Active on the job-proactive in change: How autonomy at work contributes to employee support for organizational change

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 401-426

  Hornung, Severin ^a   Rousseau, Denise M ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change support; Job autonomy; Organizational change; Proactive behavior; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148969628     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886307307555     Document Type: Article

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