Being good citizens: Understanding a mediating mechanism of organizational commitment and social network ties in OCBs

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 561-578

  Lin, Chieh Peng ^a   Hung, Wei Ting ^b   Chiu, Chou Kang ^c  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b VANUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHING KUO INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ethics; Justice; Need for social approval; Outcome interdependence; Personal cooperativeness; Task interdependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349109147     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9528-8     Document Type: Article

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