Does prevalence mitigate relevance? The moderating effect of group-level OCB on employee performance

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1481-1494

  Bommer, William H ^a   Dierdorff, Erich C ^b   Rubin, Robert S ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38949149685     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2007.28226149     Document Type: Article

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