The Milieu of Managerial Work: An Integrative Framework Linking Work Context to Role Requirements

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 972-988

  Dierdorff, Erich C ^a   Rubin, Robert S ^a   Morgeson, Frederick P ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

competencies; context; job analysis; leadership; occupation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MOTIVATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OCCUPATION; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORK;

HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; JOB SATISFACTION; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 67650941933     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015456     Document Type: Article

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