Good soldiers' perceptions of organizational politics understanding the relation between organizational citizenship behaviors and perceptions of organizational politics: Evidence from Iran

European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences

Volumn , Issue 18, 2010, Pages 146-162

  Danaeefard, Hassan ^a   Balutbazeh, Abbas Ebrahimi ^a   Kashi, Kia Hadji Abootorab ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Organizational citizenship behavior; Perceptions of organizational politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953924879     PISSN: 14502275     EISSN: 14502275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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