The strength and quality of climate perceptions

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-92

  van Vianen, Annelies E M ^a   de Pater, Irene E ^a   Bechtoldt, Myriam N ^b   Evers, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Individual perception; Organizational culture; Organizations; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751637408     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683941111099637     Document Type: Article

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