Responses to broken promises: Does personality matter?

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 276-293

  Ho, Violet T ^a   Weingart, Laurie R ^b   Rousseau, Denise M ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breach; Personality; Promises; Psychological contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344634155     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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