Cross-functional team organizational citizenship behavior in China: Shared vision and goal interdependence among departments

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2879-2909

  Wong, Alfred ^a   Tjosvold, Dean ^a   Liu, Chunhong ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 72249099425     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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