Exploring predictors of organizational identification: Moderating role of trust on the associations between empowerment, organizational support, and identification

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 409-441

  Ertürk, Alper ^a  

^a DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Organizational identification; Perceived organizational support; Psychological empowerment; Trust in supervisor

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954269053     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320902834149     Document Type: Article

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