Organizational concern, prosocial values, or impression management? How supervisors attribute motives to organizational citizenship behavior

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1450-1489

  Halbesleben, Jonathon R B ^a   Bowler, Wm Matthew ^b   Bolino, Mark C ^c   Turnley, William H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954641954     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00625.x     Document Type: Article

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