Doing good, feeling good: Examining the role of organizational citizenship behaviors in changing mood

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 191-223

  Glomb, Theresa M ^a   Bhave, Devasheesh P ^b   Miner, Andrew G ^c   Wall, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

^c Target   (United States)

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EID: 79951635355     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2010.01206.x     Document Type: Article

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