Good citizens in poor-quality relationships: Idiosyncratic deals as a substitute for relationship quality

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 970-988

  Anand, Smriti ^a   Vidyarthi, Prajya ^b   Liden, Robert ^a   Rousseau, Denise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY KOKOMO   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77958536967     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.54533176     Document Type: Article

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