Employee ownership motivation and individual risk-taking behaviour: A cross-level analysis of Taiwan's privatized enterprises

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2311-2331

  Wu, Hsueh Liang ^a   Su, Wei Chieh ^b   Lee, Cheng Yu ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Climate of self determination; Employee ownership; Environmental hostility; Privatization; Risk taking behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849115301     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190802479546     Document Type: Article

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