The mediating effects of psychological contracts on the relationship between human resource systems and role behaviors: A multilevel analysis

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-223

  Uen, Jin Feng ^a   Chien, Michael S ^a   Yen, Yu Fang ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b National Kinmen Institute of Technology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

HR systems; Organizational citizenship behaviors; Psychological contracts; Role behaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349253617     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-009-9101-9     Document Type: Article

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