Influence of fair and supportive leadership behavior on commitment and organizational citizenship behavior

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 131-141

  Meierhans, Diana ^a   Rietmann, Brigitte ^a   Jonas, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fairness; Leadership behavior; Organizational citizenship behavior; Perceived supervisory support; Supervisory commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849143494     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.67.3.131     Document Type: Article

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