The moderating effect of organizational slack on the relation between perceptions of support for innovation and organizational climate

Personnel Review

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 509-525

  Ruiz Moreno, Antonia ^a   García Morales, Víctor J ^a   Llorens Montes, Francisco Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Innovation; Organizational analysis; Perception; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 49149120310     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480810891655     Document Type: Review

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