Top management credibility and employee cynicism: A comprehensive model

Human Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1435-1458

  Kim, Tae Yeol ^a   Bateman, Thomas S ^b   Gilbreath, Brad ^c   Andersson, Lynne M ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c University Pueblo   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

competence; employee cynicism; job performance; management credibility; organizational commitment; trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950748722     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726709340822     Document Type: Article

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