The impacts of superior politics on frontline employees' behavioral and psychological outcomes

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-190

  Karadal, Himmet ^a   Arasli, Huseyin ^b  

^a AKSARAY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Organizational commitment; Organizational politics; Superior politics; Trust climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 66849115633     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2009.37.2.175     Document Type: Article

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