Perceptions of the organizational context and psychological contract breach: Assessing competing perspectives

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-217

  Rosen, Christopher C ^a   Chang, Chu Hsiang ^b   Johnson, Russell E ^c   Levy, Paul E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Organizational citizenship behavior; Organizational commitment; Organizational justice; Organizational politics; Psychological contract breach

Indexed keywords

EID: 60649107124     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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