Employee, manage thyself: The potentially negative implications of expecting employees to behave proactively

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 325-345

  Bolino, Mark ^a   Valcea, Sorin ^a   Harvey, Jaron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 77954300006     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317910X493134     Document Type: Article

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