Social exchange and knowledge sharing among knowledge workers: The moderating role of perceived job security

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-240

  Bartol, Kathryn M ^a   Liu, Wei ^b   Zeng, Xiangquan ^c   Wu, Kelu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business   (China)

^c RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

China; Employment relationship; Knowledge sharing; Perceived job security; Perceived organizational support (POS); Social exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350287808     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2009.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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