Exploring positive, negative and context-dependent aspects of proactive behaviours at work

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 267-273

  Belschak, Frank D ^a   Hartog, Deanne N Den ^a   Fay, Doris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

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EID: 77954305932     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317910X501143     Document Type: Article

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