The impact of work alienation on organizational citizenship behavior in the Canary Islands

International Journal of Organizational Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-76

  Suárez Mendoza, María Jesús ^a   Zoghbi Manrique De Lara, Pablo ^a  

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

Author keywords

Citizenship; Employee behaviour; Organizations; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749108525     PISSN: 19348835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/19348830710860156     Document Type: Article

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