Relating employees' psychological contracts to their personality

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 688-712

  Tallman, Rick R J ^a   Bruning, Nealia S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Organizational behaviour; Personality; Psychological contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749097807     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940810894756     Document Type: Article

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