Politics as a moderator of the accountability - Job satisfaction relationship: Evidence across three studies

Journal of Management

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 307-326

  Breaux, Denise M ^a   Munyon, Timothy P ^a   Hochwarter, Wayne A ^a   Ferris, Gerald R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Job satisfaction; Politics perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 63649129093     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308318621     Document Type: Article

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