Equity sensitivity and organizational citizenship behavior in a team environment

Small Group Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-112

  Akan, Obasi H ^a   Allen, Richard S ^b,c   White, Charles S ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benevolent; Entitled; Equity sensitivity; Organizational citizenship behavior; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149154567     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496408326575     Document Type: Article

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