Social and economic exchange in the employee/organization relationship: The moderating role of reciprocation wariness

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 701-721

  Shore, Lynn M ^a   Bommer, William H ^b   Rao, Alaka N ^c   Seo, Jai ^d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Kyonggi University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Employee turnover; Employees; Job satisfaction; Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350450041     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940910996752     Document Type: Article

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