Psychological contract and quality of organizational life: An empirical study on workers at a rest home

Relations Industrielles

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Battisti, Martina ^a   Fraccaroli, Franco ^a   Fasol, Rino ^a   Depolo, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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EID: 41849116341     PISSN: 0034379X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/016956ar     Document Type: Article

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