Optimism and the nonlinear citizenship behavior-job satisfaction relationship in three studies

Journal of Management

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1505-1528

  Munyon, Timothy P ^a   Hochwarter, Wayne A ^b   Perrewé, Pamela L ^b   Ferris, Gerald R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

extra role performance; job satisfaction; nonlinear; optimism; organizational citizenship behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957656715     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206309350085     Document Type: Article

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