Enough is enough? Threshold models for the relationship between psychological contract breach and job-related attitudes

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 442-463

  Rigotti, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breach; Psychological contracts; Segmented regression; Violation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951668407     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320802402039     Document Type: Article

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